[TenTec] ALC Scout

[Eddy Avila]

Robert, I too notice on any band that if I have a bad mismatch to the 
antenna the ALC light will not flicker, but as soon as I get a close SWR 
match all works as expected with plenty of ALC action!

73...../ed


>From: robert k stephens <bstephens1@mindspring.com>

>
>The Scout does not have an ALC meter but does have an ALC light that blinks
>on and off when the ALC is working properly.
>
>The ALC light does not blink on 15 meters with one of my antennas. The ALC
>does work properly when connected to my car's mobile whip so I assume the
>problem is in the station set up rather than in the rig.
>
>The problem situation is a 25.5 ft ladderline fed attic antenna (an open
>wire G5RV mini  sort of) up 45 feet tuned by the little 200 watt MFJ tuner.
>Ground is the cold water pipe. The antenna tunes up with some dificulty but
>I do get better than 1.5 to 1 SWR. The ALC does not light no matter how
>high the gain is. I set the gain at the normal position and tried to
>contact a couple of contesters (no pileup so it should have been easy
>contacts) but either no one heard me or I sound terible so I stopped using
>15 meters on that antenna (works good enough on mobile whip).
>
>Do I have an antenna problem, ground problem or Scout problem? Should I
>adjust the length of the antenna first or look at the ground system first?
>Or is the problem something else that I'm not considering ?


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