I sure want that list! thanks!
At 12:11 PM 9/29/2011, you wrote:
>I guess my function list was to big for this llist. If anyone wants it,
>let me know.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Butch Bussen wrote:
>
> > You can also turn off the internal tuner assuming the rig will still
> > transmit enough for a reading. BTW, I defined the function kay on the
> > front pannel to read swr and alc. As i recall, menu 79 and 80 select or
> > deffine the two function keys on the front pannel. I set one of mint to
> > 202 which is voice 3 which reads swr and alc. I'll include the whole
> > list of functions in another message if it isn't to big for this list.
> > 73
> > Butch
> > WA0VJR
> > Node 3148
> > Wallace, ks.
> >
> >
> > On
> > Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Steve wrote:
> >
> >> Tom,
> >>
> >> You can't I don't think get reliable readings with the power meter in that
> >> kind of configuration. You have the power meter connected after the
> >> auto-tuner.
> >>
> >> Therefore, you still get a reading with a higher reflected power than you
> >> would normally expect. The only way, I think, that you can get accurate
> >> readings with a rig with an internal tuner is to use the rig's own SWR
> >> meter.
> >>
> >> Steve, K8SP
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:27 PM
> >> 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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