[TenTec] Paragon II and SWR meter reading

Denton denton at oregontrail.net
Wed Aug 9 10:51:54 EDT 2006


I notice the same on this end....Paragon II, 238B atu and MFJ-259B analyzer.
Also, my Mirage MP-2 wattmeters indicate a different power output reading 
from the rig and atu if other than full power output from the Paragon II.

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 7:45 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Paragon II and SWR meter reading


>I noticed that not in all cases will the meter (set to SWR) in the Paragon
> II read exactly the same as that is the 238 ATU. By the way the 238 and 
> the
> Paragon are connected by an 18 inch quality jumper (Belden 8214).
>
> I found a discussion on the topic in the ARCHIVES at
> _http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00663.html_
> (http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00663.html)
>
> Basically this section in short says to believe the meter in the rig.
>
> SITUATION: I did notice that if I turn the  AGC button to OFF the  meter 
> will
> match the ATU meter. (By the way I use a MFJ 249 Analyzer to find the
> settings for the ATU but find in some cases it still needs to be tweeked 
> when I
> push TUNE.)  Is this normal? I could not find anything in the manual that 
> even
> mentions the AGC in conjunction with operation of the SWR/TUNE set  up.
>
> Is this normal or do I have a problem I need to look into?
>
> Thank you
>
> Alan  KB7MBI
> Woodinville, WA
>
>
>
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