[TenTec] OMNI VI+ Metering issue

[Dennis Ashworth]

At 09:21 PM 6/6/2005, Ken Brown wrote:

> > With the OMNI RF output set at 100W on a Bird watt
> >meter  the FWD meter on the OMNI jumps to 25W, then decays down to 10W over
> >a couple seconds time.
> >
>What does the Bird watt meter do? Stay at a constant 100 watts? Or drop
>the same as the Omni meter? What about reflected power indicated by the
>Bird? How about the Ic (Collector Current) on the Omni? Does it stay
>relatively constant during key down?
>
>If the Bird reads 100W and the Omni meter reads only 25W, there is a bit
>of calibration error somewhere. Scratchy potentiometer or loose or dirty
>connector inside the Omni?
>
>DE N6KB

Great questions Ken. The answers are:

The Bird reads a reflected power of about 2 watts
The power output reading on the Bird stays a constant 100W, while the Omni 
reads 25 watts, decaying to 15 watts over 2-3 seconds. Then stays steady.
Collector current correlates well with the Bird readings and stays steady.

Dennis, K7FL