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once the station is grounded, the problem with your watt meter will go away 
because there's some stray rf getting into it making it behave so strangely. 
73- pat kk3f
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From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:45 PM
Subject: RF grounding continued


> Hi, all.
>
> I want to thank everyone who has responded to my question about RF 
> grounding
> in my new home QTH here in Colorado.  Please keep those thoughts coming.
>
> On a related note, has anyone experienced what I am experienceing with my
> TW1 talking watt meter?  Specifically, I find that when I take SWR and 
> power
> readings using 100 watts with my TS480, the volume control becomes quite
> flaky, especially at lower levels.  I don't have this problem when no real
> power is applied to the meter.  This leads me to think that I may be 
> getting
> some RF coming back into the watt meter when I use 100 watts.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts or observations you can give here too.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
> 

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