I recently moved and while packing I realized how many products that I own
are no longer manufactured or supported. A wattmeter is fortunately not one
of them. Since you had to buy another one, I would have seriously looked at
the LP-100A (as K9YC just suggested). I have two of them, one for each
transceiver, and I could not be happier. My taller tower has taken multiple
direct lightning strikes and the LP-100A keeps on ticking... Since this is
towertalk you should probably look into your station grounding/bonding.
John KK9A/4
Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
Recently I had some minor damage in the shack from a nearby lighting strike
and my Power Master II is no longer functioning correctly. Jay is not
responding (retired) and I understand that. He's sold me some great
equipment over many years and has also helped me with tech support a couple
times. Time for him to relax.
Mine is the smaller 2 sensor system for 6m/HF SO2R (3kW?)_. I am seeing
aprox (but not exactly) 10% of the power out. So, if I am barefoot ~ 100w,
I see sometimes 12-15watts on the meter. SWR's that should all be +/- 1.5:1
are saying 2.1:1 or so.
I can't currently test what a high power signal would read as my amp was
another casualty.
Any idea where to look? Anyone with experience/advice or even a schematic
maybe? The menu systems all seem to be normal (unchanged) and I tried
changing a few values in case it was a software glitch but I can't get it to
read anything close to the 100w mark. I also cannot test the 2nd radio as
one radio was another casualty. (now that the contest is over I could try
swapping coaxes I guess in case it was just the sensor box?)
I had to purchase an (ugh!) analog wattmeter in the 11th hour for the WAE
contest this weekend. It wasn't until then that I realized I had been so
spoiled with my PM-II !
Tnx Tower Talkians!
Mike VE9 Antenna Antenna
Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|