Good call on the bad jumper Jim. Looks like we were both typing a message
at the same time.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:03 PM, James C. Owen, III <k4cgy_list@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Sounds like a bad piece of coax from the rig to the external SWR indicator
> or tuner. Could also be a bad connection or component in the output circuit
> of the transmitter.
> 73 Jim K4CGY
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Vic Klein <vhklein@ptd.net>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:23 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Paragon output problem
>
> Lately an odd problem has shown up that I would like some help on.
> Periodically the SWR indicated on my 585 Paragon will jump to around 3:1
> and
> the output power will drop off to about 1/4 the normal amount as seen on an
> external wattmeter. This is when an external SWR indicator still shows 1:1,
> or very close to that. The symptoms were such that I suspected the external
> autotuner was at fault, but the radio produces the same symptom on an old
> manual tuner, as well. When the SWR is showing high on the radio no
> adjustments on the external tuner have any effect. This happens most often
> when the rig has been in transmit use for a while on 40m and the receive
> seems unaffected. It seems to revert to normal later, but with 20 minutes
> of
> use, or so, it returns to this condition. Does anyone have suggestions
> about
> where and what I might look for? Thanks.
>
> =Vic=
> WA4THR
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