[SixClub] Odd Rig Behavior on 6M

[KA2AEV at aol.com]

Just wondering how much current the 897 and auto  tuner actually draws 
and why you are not running it straight off the power  supply?
Something does sound fishy with power strip/ and that power strip  interface

73 de Mike
KA2AEV

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In a message dated  9/19/2006 2:49:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
50MHz at rogerhalstead.com  writes:
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.