[Elecraft] Lo P on 10 and 12 meters

[EMD]

Hello,

Once again I'm getting a Lo P message when I try to tune on 10 and 12
meters.  Last month all was well but after coming home this month and
selecting 12 meters I noticed it was quite, not the s meter reading I
expected, 10 meters was also quite.  I tried tuning, using AUTO and ALT, and
got the Lo p message even with the power set to 10 watts.  

I have had this issue before and it was a bad solder joint on D4 last time. 
So since it worked before and now it's not it makes me wonder what other
component can have a bad solder joint.

I was also wonder if maybe my antenna might be an issue.  I'm using just a
long wire hanging out an up stairs window for now connected to a tree about
25 feet in the air.  Would getting a better antenna like a G5RV( I think
thats it ) would help the situation? Or maybe a better quality wire?  But I
think it's an internal issue.

Going to need a watt better so can anyone recommend a good QRP watt meter.

73,
Ed KE7HGA

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