[Icom] Power meter on my 706 MKII

[K8CM]

Does your SX200 meter read average power?  On SSB you would have to read 
peak values to get the correlation you're looking for.

73 <> Carl
   K8CM

At 06:27 AM 10/20/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>Hello Icomites,
>
>I have a MKII that I use as a base. While making some
>measurements a few days ago, I realised that the power
>meter on my MKII was way off on SSB compared to what
>is registered on my Diamond SX 200 power/SWR meter.
>Everything else works fine..its just the power meter.
>SWR indicator is close to what is registered on the
>SX200.
>
>When I key down on RTTY and CW, both mode registers
>close to 100W. I go on SSB, the meter on the radio
>indicates full power while, the actual power output as
>seen on my SX200 is only 50W. There is no RF loss as
>the SX 200 is in line with the radio and the antenna
>tuner. The SX 200 is connected to the radio with a
>short stretch of coax (about 30cm). Has someone
>noticed this on their radios? Is there anyway we can
>calibrate the meter?
>
>When I had my station inspection done a few days ago,
>the inspector mentioned that he had observed this with
>most radios. I doubt his statement as there is no
>point in having a 'way off meter' on a radio when it
>does not serve its purpose. Just my thoughts
>
>In anticipation for your inputs
>73
>Sasi
>9V1SM
>
>
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