[Boatanchors] Drake 2-NT & Knight V-44 VFO

[Bill Stewart]

GA all, 
I recently acquired the V-44 and would like to use with my 2-NT. 
On 80m I get good output, but not quite as good as with a xtal on the 
same freq. (70w with xtal, 62w with VFO). I have peaked L-3 at the 
freq. of interest...around 3550kc. On 40m I get about 62w out on xtal 
but only around 40w out with the VFO and L-4 peaked around 7050kc. 
Up freq, say around 7.1mc, I get around 55w out. On 14.050mc I get 
55w and on 21.05mc around 18w. I am wondering if the lower 7mc 
outputs indicate a need to modify L-4 which is used for 40-10 meters. 
I have made voltage/resis. checks and all are pretty close to specs. 
I am happy with the 80m results, but would like to get a bit more out 
on 40m....but if not, will be happy with the 40 or so watts out and the 
use of a VFO. Any ideas re. the low 40m output? 
Tnx, 73 de Bill K4JYS 

PS: I am using 2ft of 75ohm coax for the output cable.