[ICOM] PW1 on 17M

[Julio Peralta]

Next thing to try would be a dummy load Jerry.

Julio, W4HY

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Jerry Keller
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:16 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M


The antenna was the first thing I checked, Julio... the SWR the PW1 sees
is 
<1.5:1  @ 18.140...

73, Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julio Peralta" <jperalta at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:01 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M


> The only thing I could think that would cause that is the SWR of your 
> 17M antenna is higher than 3:1 or 4:1 that the amp will tune. Has 
> something happened to the antenna?
>
> Julio
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jerry Keller
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:18 PM
> To: (Reflector) ICOM; (Reflector) ICOM Yahoo
> Subject: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M
>
>
> My PW1 amplifier correctly autotunes all bands except 17M, where I 
> have to manually tune it (press the tuner button until it starts 
> blinking and wait until it stops) Then it's tuned, but if I switch to 
> another band and then back to 17M, I have to tune it again.
>
> Any idea what's wrong??
>
> 73, Jerry K3BZ
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