yepper the radio is fine... something between the k3 and the waters
dummyload/wattmeter did NOT like 10 mHz.
Bob prompted what was my next step ..one short jumper to the load...BINGO
Now I need to find just where that lump of something is hiding . I was
fooled in that it calibrated up to 10mHz and manually looked good on all
the other bands...!!!!
thanks Bob for precipitating me to do the right thing.
bill ny9h
On 4/7/2020 2:01 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
I’ve found that one should use a 12” to 18” jumper of known good condition and
quality. Use this jumper to connect the dummy load direct to the radio. No
switches, and no tuners in bypass mode.
The dummy load should be 50 ohms +/- 5 (thats 10%) ohms and be resistive.
Light bulbs and soldered up resistors and the like, aren’t resistive, meaning
no reactance. Don’t take what’s written on the label as fact! They change!
Measure them with an ohm meter and antenna bridge at several points from 1.8
MHz to 54 MHz. Anything greater than 1.1 to 1 is out of tolerance.
Run TX Gain cal on all bands. Your results are only as accurate as your
procedure and test equipment.
Bob, K4TAX
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On Apr 7, 2020, at 10:59 AM, Bill Steffey NY9H <n...@arrl.net> wrote:
thought it good day to do a tx calibration.
I don't very often use 30 meters.. and today the calib quits at 30 meters
saying too high for calibration 4.1 swr...
All other bands indicate swr of 1.1 // except 10mHz...
I looked and the 10mHz low pass filter is shared with 14mHZ... and 20 looks ok. Don't
know if the problem is in the tuner while in "BYPASS " for the test, or
elsewhere. Any help ??? searching found nothing for me.
bill
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