Makes for a great station, Alan, with lots of fun.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Playing with my Power Master 2


>I have a Icom 775DSP which I am about to put out to pasture.  The radio
> works as good now as it did when I bought it.  It is still better than 
> many
> current radios.  It is just that modern radios, especially the top end
> models, are so much better in terms of their DSP functionality, better in
> terms of filtering, selectivity and sensitivity.
> The amp that I was using this morning is my Henry 5K Classic.  It runs a
> pair of 3CX1200A7 Eimacs.  If I push it hard, which I seldom do, it will
> output 5000 watts.  I bought it a year and a half ago from an estate.  The
> surgeon that passed away, had over 50 amps in his house here in Phoenix.
> Some of those 50 amps had never been used, including my Henry.  When I
> bought it, it had never had a plug on the end of its power cord.  It is a
> terrific amp, except that it generates heat that you wouldn't believe.  I
> recently installed a very large air conditioner in the wall of my shack.
> With my home's two cental A/C units running peddle to the metal, it still
> got hot enough in here to broil steaks, Hi.  The new A/C unit here in my
> shack, is large enough to turn my shack into a frozen food locker, whether
> the amp is on or not.
>
> 73
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 10:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Playing with my Power Master 2
>
> Alan,
>
> What Icom is that and what amp are you using?
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 6:43 AM
> Subject: Playing with my Power Master 2
>
>
>> Good morning all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Being somewhat bored at 5:30 in the morning here, I decided to check my
>> dummy load's SWR.  I increased the drive of my Icom to about 150 watts on
>> 40
>> meters, and read the forward and reflected power of my dummy load and the
>> cable connected to it with my Power Master 2.  My forward power read 4872
>> watts, and my reflected power read a whopping 3 watts, Hi.  I could never
>> measure forward and reflected power that accurately with a TW-1.  First 
>> of
>> all, the TW-1 only reads up to 2000 watts, and I was putting out more 
>> than
>> twice that figure.  Now that I have confirmed that my dummy load has a
>> super
>> SWR, I can try to find something else to do with my boredom, Hi.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan R. Downing
>>
>> Phoenix, AZ
>>
>>
>>
>