Carl that makes sense do you think a air wound choke at the antenna
base would do the trick ? John
On 8/15/2010 8:15 PM, N4PY2 wrote:
> My best guess is a component in your Palstar overheats and changes its value
> or the Palstar goes into bypass mode from RF feedback.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Dr
> Hays, NC 28635
> www.n4py.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Molenda"<cdistflatfoot@gmail.com>
> To: "TEN TEC DISCUSSION"<tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 8:03 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] swr
>
>
>> Hi All , I have a TT Orion II and when I use it on 160 with a palstar
>> auto tuner , TT Titan III 417Amp and a new zero five vertical antenna
>> The swr runs a muck. This only happens with 250 watts or more , the swr
>> will read on the radio or tuner say 3.1:1 the Palstar auto tuner
>> knocks it down to 1:1 and all is fine then all of a sudden maybe in the
>> middle of a qso the swr will rise to 3 .1:1and I have to re tune and of
>> course this will send the amp into a fault position . It is almost like
>> the tuner just stops working . I can't remember if this has happened on
>> other bands but it will happen on 160 . to answer some questions , no
>> the tuner in the OII is not on when I use the palstar tuner . And Yes I
>> have 48 radials down at 45 foot each. I use no grounding inside the
>> shack but my antennas and coax are grounded outside the shack . Is the
>> problem the radio , tuner , amp or what .And by the way the antenna
>> plays real nice on all other bands . thanks for your input in advance
>> . all the best ! John kb2huk
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