Hello, Operating PSK with a Cushcraft R5 and an Icom 746 on 20 metres and as happens in the UK at this time of the year we have heavy rain which comes very quickly.
I am aware that in this kind of weather the SWR of the R5 rises very quickly so that when it reaches about 1:4 the RF power reduces. What I had not realised was that as the SWR went up, so did the ALC Looking first at the SWR/POWER meter I saw the SWR going up and the power going down, then looking at the 746 I saw that the ALC, which before the sudden rain was not evident, was now showing four markers on the 746 scale. Why does this happen ? Mel G0GQK Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
