[1000mp] FTV-1000 problems.

[Dennis]

Hi Tom,

A few months ago I posted a similar problem with my MARK-V and FTV-1000 both
brand new out of the box.  Very low drive gives me all LED's on CW but the
best I could do on SSB was a flickering 4 with the RF PWR set at about the
11 o'clock position.  Increasing the drive did not help and I never tried it
without the ALC.  I was getting good on air reports and replies to my post
said this was normal.  Still not being sure I put a watt meter in line and
sure enough it is peaking 200W+ on SSB

I have not noticed any sensitivity problems but I am new to 6 meters and
finding it to be a strange beast with stations that I would expect to be
booming very light and others 20 over.

Good luck,
Dennis AB8NI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Beltran" <tbeltran@earthlink.net>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:02 AM
Subject: [1000mp] FTV-1000 problems.


>
> I have a question for anyone on the list who has the 6 meter transverter.
A
> friend is selling me his transverter, just purchased in March, which
appears
> to work fine with his Mark V.  I brought it to my house, and after hooking
> it up, I had problems with the power output on SSB and the sensitivity on
> receive.   On CW, all five power LEDs light with very little drive,
> indicating full 200 watt power output, exactly as the manual indicates.
> However, on SSB, even with the power knob turned fully Clockwise (full
> power) and the mic gain up almost all the way, I get only two of the
lights
> to light (a meter would have been so much better), indicating low output.
> The manual indicates that even on SSB, all the lights should light.  When
I
> unplugged the ALC cable, I got an additional light, and at most, four on
the
> peaks - but it seems that the power and drive should not have to be turned
> up all the way.
>
> The ALC has been a problem in the past, for example, with my SB-220 with
the
> ALC, I could get only 50 watts maximum (CW or SSB), regardless of class A
or
> AB position.  But I solved it, at least with respect to the linear, by not
> using the ALC, and instead driving the linear in the class A position, to
> prevent overdriving.
>
> There also seems to be a sensitivity issue.  Here in the LA area (within a
> few mile radius of my house), several other hams got on frequency when I
was
> testing the radio, and then a ham in San Diego joined the group.  Everyone
> reported the San Diego ham as about 10 to 20 db over nine, for me, I could
> barely copy him if I used headphones.  My antenna is a SteppIR three
element
> Yagi up 54 feet, and the coax is 100 feet of 9913 coax.
>
> I wondering if anyother hams on the list have had power or sensitivity
> issues with the FTV-1000, and how they were resolved.  Tom W6EIJ
>
>
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