[ICOM] proIII swr short

[KI9A at aol.com]

Explain "open, or short" on the meter. Is it all the way to the  right?
 
Also, why use a tuner on a 1:1 antenna? It won't really tune it..
 
Try a dummy load. Or, if you have a resonate antenna, transmit into that.  
Try keying down using FM, AM, RTTY. If you are still getting 5 watts out, ask  
another ham friend to look at it, maybe another set of eyes will see something  
yours don't. happens to me all the time.
 
IF it still 5 watts, I'd be shipping it back to the seller.
 
73- Chuck KI9A
 
 
In a message dated 12/5/2008 5:04:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
k9dtc at comcast.net writes:

I just  got a PROIII that I was assured was working before it was sent to me 
and when  I got it it will not transmit. The internal SWR meter shows like a 
open or  dead short. The receive is perfect. 

I got the tuner to match one time  (on a 1:1 swr antenna) and it puts out 5 
watts. Does anyone have any idea what  could of happened?


Dan K9DTC


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