I have a Bird 43 with a 100 Watt slug in line and it shows exactly 100 Watts
out on my O2 as adjusted from the factory. That being said, measuring power
with a high degree of accuracy (better than +-5%) is an art within itself
and is effected by many factors. I wouldn't put too much faith in meters on
antenna tuners since their purpose in that application is more for a
relative reading to help adjust tuner. The cost of adding a really accurate
meter that covers 1.8-30 MHz to a tuner would push the price higher than
most hams would be willing to pay, and even then, the accuracy can be
compromised by the load.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
(Formerly N6AHA)
----- Original Message -----
From: "John B. Egger" <john_egger@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion II output power
> What are list members who have ways to measure output power accurately
> finding for their O2s? My MFJ 993B antenna tuner, when PWR is set at
> 100, generally reads around 120 FWD and a few watts reflected (when it
> doesn't reach 1:1). I'm sure individual rigs differ, but I'm curious
> what others are finding.
>
> --John K3GHH
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