val...
brand new out of the box, my omni VII NEVER did 100 W into a
calibrated load/wattmeter
about 85ish is all she'll do
that's been two years and RF power output is still 85 watts give or
take a few.
my biggest complaint is the SWR meter is just about useless. if the
swr on the transmission line varies just a bit off of 2 to 1 then it
shows 9.9 to 1.
mike
On Dec 10, 2009, at 12:53 AM, Val Erwin wrote:
Omni VII-ites'
I have an Omni VII that is appx. 2 years old. Over time, I have
noticed a gradual decrease in RF output power.
With 13.8 VDC measured at the radio power connector, the Omni VII digi-
panel states: "Power 100W". Yet, when the RF output power is measured
with a lab-grade 50-ohm load and either a Bird 43 or a calibrated
oscilloscope, the measured RF power is actually on the order of 85
watts output, regardless of band.
I suspect I have an aging component sitcheeashun'..........Is there an
internal control to crank the RF back up to spec??
TNX in advance for any feedback.........
Val / W5PUT
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