I have been using my W2 for about a week now and I am trying to understand why it is doing what it is doing.
Basically I can get my SWR reading tuned in fine using normal tuning procedures and then turn on the amp and whistle in it and the SWR changes very little. However when I go to TX using phone it bounces all over the place and goes signficanlty higher than I would expect. This bouncing effect is tuner engaged or no engaged with resonant areas of the antennas. The sensor is between my antenna tuner and amp. The amp kicks out with anything over 2:1 SWR (SGC Powercube). This happens on all three of my antennas my 2wl 160m Loop, Alpha Delta Dipole and 75m vertical. Now the meter on the tuner when tuner properly or resonant can sit still or move very little in these cases. However the sensor is after the tuner and before the amp. Anyway, I am thinking there is something to be learned about what this is telling me as I am guessing that those fast LED's give data faster than the needle of the meter can move. So is this normal or is it pointing to a problem in my shack or antenna system that I need to look to correct. Otherwise I have no problems at all in the shack or signal report problems. I just have a conversation on Friday night on 40m where we were discussing TX signals and one guy with a pan adaptor said my signal looked perfect almost like a square wave 2.9 Khz wide no distorshion and it sounds great. Compared to the guy we were trying to help who was overdriveing his radio so bad that he had what was described as an almost AM looking signal. Anyway I am posting fishing for information on what this is telling me so I can be sure I have stuff working as well as I can. Cheers Don ~73 Don KD8NNU FH#4107 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
