[SixClub] Odd Rig Behavior on 6M

[Roger (K8RI) on Six]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: <kd4e at verizon.net>; "World Wide Six Meter Club" 
<sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <Amateur-repairs at yahoogroups.com>; <FT897 at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Odd Rig Behavior on 6M


> On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 03:43:43PM -0400, kd4e wrote:
>> Just attached my LDG AT-897 autotuner to the side of my
>> Yaesu FT-897D and 6M is behaving badly (voltage drops to
>> 9.7VDC on the rig but my large deep cycle battery is fully

The FT897 is not capable of drawing enough current through normal leads over 
a normal distance to make more than a noticeable drop let alone this much 
which means the meter can not be right unless there is some other place for 
the voltage drop to develop

If the 897D actually did draw that much it would be a smoking heap which 
means to me that either you have something between the battery and the radio 
that is allowing 6 meter RF to cause it to malfunction, or it's causing an 
erroneous reading from the volt meter.

>> charged and has an Astron VS-50M floating across it).
>>
>> I have a West Mountain Radio PWRgate PG40 handling
>> the battery-powerstrip-power supply interface and
>> am using a Rigrunner 4010S power strip.
>>

This works how?


Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com