Butch:
Can you send me the function list?
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Thanks and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Strange Power Readings With LDG TW1
>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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