1.3 to 1 and you are panicked?  i think hat is rather obsessive compulsive. there are many qst articles that talk about how you should not be obsessed with swr readings if they are reasonable.. the arrl lab  people would agree that anything under 1.5 is completely irrelevant and are as likely to be errors in the metering as any actual reflected power.   , tt having been said, i am very surprised that you can’t get your step ir to tune better than that, and would think some checks of connections and such are in order up there. good luck with that one :)  enjoy

On Feb 1, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Richard, the 480 might be folding back due to excessive SWR.  Personally I
> would not operate a transmitter into an SWR of 2 to 1, and I lose sleep
> worrying about an SWR of 1.5 to 1.  I am presently adjusting my SteppIr DB36
> with my new SDA100 and SteppIr Reader, and on 15 I haven't gotten it below
> 1.3 to 1, and I won't even transmit into that with my amps.  So, I would try
> using an antenna tuner and see what happens to the 480's output power.  My
> guess is that it will go back to normal, or nearly so.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> KD7GC
> 
> 
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Richard Fiorello
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ts480 stumped
> 
> Hi;
> Dusted off the ts480 because things have been busy for the past month 
> and I'm stumped.  My swr is around 2/1 but the forward power is only 20 
> wats.  I have the level at 100% and don't know of any reason that there 
> would be a problem with the final.  The transmit and receive are using 
> the same vfo.  Can't think of what else to check.  If its an antenna 
> issue its going to wait to decent weather but I'm wondering if there is 
> something I've overlooked.
> Thanks
> Richard