[Boatanchors] Diamond sx-100 SWR/Power Meter

[Tom Nicholson]

Al & Ralph

     I'm the original owner and have not been inside of it. The 
paperwork I got with it new, does not have a schematic with it. I took 
the cover of BUT the "feed thru" is inside a metal box that has 4 
compression tabs on it. The top ones I can get to but the bottom ones 
are another story. Hense the reason I sent it back to them.  Being 
shorted makes no sense to me at all. I would guess that if the SX-400 
isn't shorted, that would hold true for the SX-100? I just saw that I 
also have a Yaesu YS-500 (2 meter bridge) & it also does not show any 
reading from conductor to shield. That makes a total of 4 bridges that 
have been tested w/no shorts!

Tom


On 6/17/2014 5:09 PM, Al Parker wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>     Do you have a schematic for it?  Or just look inside?  Perhaps 
> there's an RF choke across the line, perhaps to bleed off static 
> electricity. It would show nearly a short to ground to an ohmmeter, 
> but very high resistance to RF.  If it's gotten toasted, maybe some 
> shorted turns, it could be your SWR problem.
> 73,
>
> Al, W8UT
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