I keep my TW1 in line all the time too, and it goes between my amplifier
and my tentech manual tuner.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Strange Power Readings With LDG TW1
> Yes, the meter should be between the tuner and radio, I keep a tw-1 inline
> though I use the internal tuner, when I was on the air anyway, more to
> remember/note the readings. It will still help if something goes wrong. If
> it's always saying 4.5:1 on 75 meters, suddenly you notice something
> different and it says 10:1 on that same segment of the band, you know
> something changed.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Strange Power Readings With LDG TW1
>
>
>> Shouldn't the meter go in front of the tuner so that you can check the
>> match
>> between the tuner and Radio?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: Strange Power Readings With LDG TW1
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Those readings are meaningless because the auto-tuner is engaged.
>>> They're
>>> also meaningless because of the high SWR.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 20:27
>>> Subject: Strange Power Readings With LDG TW1
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, folks.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I ought to go back to basic antennas 101 class, but I just found
>>>> out
>>>> something with my Carolina Windom 160 compact that doesn't quite make
>>>> sense
>>>> to me.
>>>>
>>>> I am testing out the antenna to see if water got back into it after the
>>>> week
>>>> of rain we have had here, and I discovered some strange power readings
>>>> with
>>>> my LDG TW1 talking watt meter.
>>>>
>>>> Right now, my Carolina Windom, such as it is, seems to be resonant on
>>>> the
>>>> lower end of 80 meters--right around 3.600 MHZ.
>>>>
>>>> As expected, then, when I go to the upper phone part of the band, say
>>>> around
>>>> 3.976 MHZ, my sWR rises dramatically to a blistering 6.0 to 1.
>>>> (ouch!!!!!!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interestingly, though, the auto tuner in the TS590 tunes the antenna,
>>>> which
>>>> was a bit of a surprise to me.
>>>>
>>>> I then took some forward and reflected power readings with my TW1, and
>>>> was
>>>> told that the forward power was 102 watts, while my reflected power was
>>>> 52
>>>> watts.
>>>>
>>>> Again, this is with the auto-tuner engaged.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me what is going on here?
>>>>
>>>> To be honest, I'm still a bit hesitant to use the Carolina Windom,
>>>> given
>>>> the
>>>> water problems I have had of late.
>>>>
>>>> Would this antenna be safe to use on the top part of 80 meters, since
>>>> the
>>>> auto-tuner clearly tunes it, or am I just kidding myself here.
>>>>
>>>> And, could I safely use this antenna on the upper part of 75 meters
>>>> with
>>>> my
>>>> Tentech 238A manual tuner and Ameritron
>>>> AL811H amplifier?
>>>>
>>>> I guess I'm now a bit gun shy.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>
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