The reason for the high power reading is reflected power is factored in. 
Also, if you're doing it in SSB, you can't really count on it unless you can 
whistle in to the mic and keep it pretty steady, still, I wouldn't think it 
should show full power unless you really have mic gain set way too high.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:54 PM
Subject: using a tw-1?


> Hi all,
> I've just gotten a tw-1, have it connected, and the thing is talking as it 
> should.  However, I'm quite startled of the inaccuracy of the readings 
> that i am getting.  Sometimes, I will see my antenna 250:1 etc.  This 
> doesn't make any sense at all.  Sometimes, I will see my power output at 
> 130 watts when my radio actually puts out only 100.  I'm using this with a 
> Kenwood ts2000.  Can you help?  I'm not expecting this to be as accurate 
> as a bird watt meter, but I would imagine it should be relatively 
> accurate.  Also just to clarify, you can just hit the forward, reverse, or 
> swr button while using an SSB transmission?
> Thanks much,
> Justin