Thanks Everyone for your responses and information. Mr. Frost, I
just may want to buy one of those switches from you. Do you have any
idea on a proper way to mount it? The original is riveted into the
chassis, so I'm a little concerned about how the case will fit.
As far as the tx is concerned. I am getting more output from the
transmitter. I adjusted the power supply bias as per the manual .1
ampreres at idle. Last night I was able to get about 180-190 watts
output on 80M into my MN-2000's watt meter. This was on my dummy load.
After tune-up, the plate current was reading about .3 amperes. This
seemed consistent with what the manual stated was within the normal
range.
I checked again today, (again on 80M) and noticed that the idle
bias had drifted to where it was set last night. It was reading below .
1 amperes. I re-adjusted it back into specs and attempted to tune up
the tx again into my D.L. I was able to get about 190W out one time. I
attempted tune-up again and was only able to get about 100W out. I am
noticing that I have to re-adjust the P.S. bias as it seems to be
fluctuating. I tried tuning-up on 40M and the results were about the
same in terms of tx output (about 100-120 watts). I've noticed that my
load control has to be almost fully clockwise in order to get the max
power out. Last night this was not the case. I was achieving nearly
200W out and the load control setting was only at 5.
Not sure what is going on here. Any insight would be appreciated!
Thanks and 73 with Regards.
Joe; WS8X
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