[ICOM] SSB power out on 706

[Adam Farson]

Hi John,

If you have access to an oscilloscope, you can measure PEP quite accurately
using this method:

http://www.ab4oj.com/peptest.html

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
 

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: 21 June 2006 21:45
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: [ICOM] SSB power out on 706

I was testing out an Icom 706MKII I got recently, and the power out on SSB
looks low.  It is putting out about 90 watts on RTTY and FM, but when I go
to SSB, using a PEP wattmeter (requiring 12 volts) it is only reading about
40 watts.  Is that normal for SSB, or is it running low?  I know that power
out will look low on a regular watt meter on SSB, which is why I was using
the PEP wattmeter.  

If the power is low on SSB only, any ideas as to what could be wrong?  I had
the compressor on, and the mic gain was set on 7.  I was doing the testing
into a dummy load, so there is no problem with SWR.

73s John W5TD



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