good stuff!!!! Now can i have back the past ten minutes of my life which was
put into my last post hi hi?
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kallie Swanepoel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: TW1 Inconsistancy


> All sorted out - thanks for all the contributions.  The dummy load had a
> defect, and the tuner need to beswitched off in order to get the correct
> readings.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: 15 November 2006 15:49
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TW1 Inconsistancy
>
>
> Not to mention, if the reading at first is with the SWR off and the
> radio's
> cutting back, you hit the tuner and get the radio up to the 100 watt out
> put
> again because it's seeing a load it likes, that can vary the readings a
> little too.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:07 AM
> Subject: Re: TW1 Inconsistancy
>
>
> > Actually, the internal tuner can effect the readeings.  If you want an
>
> > accurate reading, be sure the tuner is off.  The tuner makes the radio
>
> > see 50 ohms, but the impedence of the line and load on the output, the
>
> > antenna, and the load back toward the radio, the tuner, can be far
> > from 50 ohms.  The meter is designed to run in a 50 ohm circuit, which
>
> > it isn't any more.  I fought this battle a while back trying to tune
> > up a six meter antenna on the 2000, and got all kinds of strange
> > readings until I remembered to turn off the tuner.  The tuner does
> > effect things, because it can present a high impedence to the meter on
>
> > that end.  Also, you'll find that sometimes just changing the length
> > of the cable between the rig and the meter can change readings.  I had
>
> > a regincy 2 meter rig once and I was just a beginner in all this
> > stuff.  I had run another radio on my 2 meter beam and knew the beam
> > was working great.  The regincy worked great on my mobile, but when I
> > hooked it up to the beam, no output.  As they came from regincy, they
> > were very sensative to a "high s w r", and would shut down.  I thought
>
> > o.k., I'll check the swr.  Put the meter in the line, and radio worked
>
> > fine.  Took the meter out, and no output.  I finally found that by
> > either adding 6 inches or cutting six inches off of the line made the
> > thing work.  It was dependant on exactly where in this run of 70 feet
> > of coax the radio was. This is why if you are checking the s w r on a
> > 72 ohm line, you have to change some resisters in the meter so it
> > matches the line. 73s Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >