[Yaesu] unusual 80M problem-additional info

[John Geiger]

Hi Ed,

Yes, it is showing 100 watts out across the band into a dummy load. The decrease in power only occurs when I switch to my antenna, which is showing a 1:1 SWR at all of those frequencies.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Thu, 4/16/09, ma.locksmith at juno.com <ma.locksmith at juno.com> wrote:

> From: ma.locksmith at juno.com <ma.locksmith at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] unusual 80M problem-additional info
> To: aa5jg at yahoo.com
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 8:37 AM
> Since you now find a decrease in
> power across the band, can you check
> again with the dummy load at the same frequencies to ensure
> you are still
> getting 100 watts out?
> 
> Ed
> K1ZOK
> 
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:18:06 -0700 (PDT) John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> writes:
> > 
> > Here is some additional information about the problem
> which I just 
> > discovered.  At the top end of the 80m band
> (3.900) it is putting 
> > out the full 100 watts, as you decrease in frequency
> the power also 
> > decreases.  At 3.700 it is doing about 50 watts,
> and at 3.525mhz it 
> > is doing 25 watts.  Hopefully this additional
> information will lead 
> > to a solution.  It is seeing a 1:1 SWR (thanks to
> the tuner) at all 
> > of these frequencies.
> > 
> > 73s John AA5JG
> > 
> > 
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