[Amps] Henry 2KD input SWR

[James Colville]

What are you using to measure the input SWR?

73
Jim W7RY



On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Donald Fox <taurusshoguy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not sure why posts have been either slow or not appearing at all today.
>
> As one lister suggested, I substituted another coax jumper of a different
> length to rule out any issues there. No change.
>
> Also removed bottom access panel, and swapped input 1365pc relay with the
> output relay. No change.
>
> During this process, I did note that a few of the input circuit coils seem
> to be loose on their forms due to the glue aging and not holding their form
> properly.
> I am considering replacing the pair of .01 disk caps that couple rf from
> the input relay to the cathodes.
>
> Puzzling that all five bands input swr of 1.7 or higher. Makes me think the
> problem is a common issue to all bands.  Possibly a cap somewhere along the
> chain that has gotten leaky.
>
>                                                         Don
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