I bought an Ameritron AL811 Amp and hooked it up to my OMNI V.
On 10 meters the OMNI V meter on reflected power reads a little under 3 to 1
when I tune the amp using either the tune or a pulser.
My antenna SWR is flat and the problem seems to be from radio to amp.
When I go to SSB the meter on the OMNI V set to reflected reads flat.
I can whistle into the mike and get full output from the amp and the input
SWR remains flat on SSB.
When the problem takes place on CW or Tune I still get full output from the
amp but high input SWR.
IC shows under 20 amps even at high SWR on CW.
Questions:
Why only in CW?
Could it be the meter on the OMNI V getting RF?
Has anyone had this experience?
What is causing this problem?
Does the OMNI V automatically fold back output as some of the other brands or
will it keep pumping out power even at high SWR causing damage to the finals?
Thanks in advance.
Dan/N4VET
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