[ICOM] proIII swr short

[Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC]

All the way to the right. My antenna is perfectly resonant. I only used the 
tuner to see what would happen since it showed such a high internal reading. 
I am using FM and it put out about 1 watt. There is something internally 
wrong I was hoping someone would recognize a similar problem.


Dan K9DTC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KI9A at aol.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] proIII swr short


> 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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