Thanks Carter
I gave the dummy load a try but the results were identical.
Rick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carter Grabarczyk [mailto:k8vt@ameritech.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 1999 05:08 PST
> To: Rick Williams
> Cc: TenTec
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni V Mic Drive
>
>
> Rick,
> Possibly an rfi problem. Leave the Herc out of the picture
> for a moment,
> reproduce the problem running barefoot and then switch to
> a dummy load
> and see if the problem goes away.
>
> 73/Carter/K8VT
>
> Rick Williams wrote:
> >
> > I was working the ARRL contest today and noticed
> something odd! When
> > I went to 10 metres and operated barefoot the mic drive
> required was
> > almost full clockwise (approx. 5 o'clock)! (I usually
> operate with
> > the drive at about 9 o'clock position). This was the
> only place I
> > could get significant ALC indication and significant SSB
> output (80 to
> > 90 watts).
> >
> > When I turned on the Hercules II and transmitted I
> needed to back the
> > drive WAY back to about 10 o'clock.
> >
> > I tried the same operation on 12 metres and it behaved
> in the same
> > manner. Fifteen meters and lower frequencies are normal??
> >
> > What's happening??
> >
>
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