I have had some weird problems with metering on other radios. Try a longer
piece of coax and hook it right to dummy load without meter to see what
happens.
Gary
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:31 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: [TenTec] Omni VII....it gets stranger
The plot thickens!
Looks like this one may have to make a trip back to the factory
Not only is the swr metering out of wack, but the total RF power
output is quite low
on 40 meters with the power set at full bore, I get about 76 watts out.
14.0 volts, 22 amp
50 ohm load
NO band produces more than 80 watts output
While I know that there is +/- 10% power output, less than 80 watts
is out of spec----especially for a radio that costs $3k
mike
Mike, WB8VGE
SunLight Energy Systems
The Heathkit Shop
http://www.theheathkitshop.com/
J e e p
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