[1000mp] SWR Problems with Mk-V Field

[Jerry Spring]

So what's the problem?


--- carl at UDel.Edu wrote:

> I have a Mark-V Field hooked up to a G5RV and
> matched with a LDG AT200Pro autotuner.  I noticed
> the other day that my autotuner and my external
> watt-meter were claiming a 1:1 match, but the SWR
> meter on the Field was claiming 1.7:1.  While I
> don't expect everything to always read identical, I
> thought this rather strange.  I switched to a 50 ohm
> dummy-load, and did some investigating using the
> dummy-load:
> 
> 160m - 1.1:1
> 80m - 1.1:1
> 40m - 1.0:1
> 20m - 1.3:1
> 17m - 1.4:1
> 15m - 1.4:1
> 12m - 1.4:1
> 10m - 1.3:1
> 
> All of these values were read from the SWR meter on
> the Mark-V Field; the autotuner and my external
> watt-meter/SWR meter are reading 1.0:1 on all bands 
> Might this be an indication of a problem, or have
> others noticed this discrepancy?  Any feedback would
> be most appreciated!
> 
> 
> Thanks, and 73's!
> 
> Carl - K3NTH
>
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