[TenTec] Omni V Mic Drive

[Rick Williams]

Sorry Jack  but the Omni V and the Hercules are looking at the same
load - a Model 238 tuner that indicates a near 1:1 match?  Just for
the heck of it I put my Autek RF Analyst in the line and it says the
SWR is 1.2 and the Z is 49 ohms.

I don't think it's the load.

Thanks anyway for the help,

Rick

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Jack Parker [mailto:Pparker@mail.greatbasin.net]
>  Sent: Saturday, March 06, 1999 14:49 PST
>  To: Rick Williams
>  Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni V Mic Drive
>
>
>  At 11:14 AM 3/6/99 -0800, you wrote:
>  >
>  >I was working the ARRL contest today and noticed
>  something odd!  When
>  >I went to 10 metres and operated barefoot the mic drive
>  required was
>  >almost full clockwise (approx. 5 o'clock)!  (I usually
>  operate with
>  >the drive at about 9 o'clock position).  This was the only place I
>  >could get significant ALC indication and significant SSB
>  output (80 to
>  >90 watts).
>  >
>  >When I turned on the Hercules II and transmitted I needed
>  to back the
>  >drive WAY back to about 10 o'clock.
>  >
>  >I tried the same operation on 12 metres and it behaved in the same
>  >manner. Fifteen meters and lower frequencies are normal??
>  >
>  >What's happening??
>  >
>  >Rick Williams
>  >VE7ASR
>
>  I don't know about the Omni, but my Yaesu FT-726 behaves
>  like that when I
>  am not running the rig into a decent load...might you have
>  an antenna problem?
>
>  Jack, W7PW
>
>  "You're an interesting species...capable of such beautiful
>  dreams, and such
>  horrible nightmares."
>
>  			           from the movie "Contact"
>                                     (based on the book by
>  Carl Sagan)
>


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