Lemme see... Doesn't the TLE amplifier have an internal circulator and dummy
load? If this PA was pumping 100 watts into an antenna system that was a
very poor match due to water intrusion, I'd expect that the circulator was
putting a lot of power into the load- which may now be a crispy critter. It
and/or the circulator may have damage, and may be causing the smell. I am
also really leery of that Comet diplexer- never felt good about using such
devices at a remote site. This is a real head-scratcher! Please share your
epilogue with the list, when you get there...
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
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> How much power are you running into the cavities?
Just over 100W, according to the bird. At the end, I measured 100W in and
nothing out. Not even budging the
needle on a 5W slug.
Hmm.. This is a motorola TLE amplifier, it worked fine here on the
bench, and I didn't see anything on the SA at all, but I did not have
it connected with exactly the same cables.
Well, I'm going to pull both and bring them back here for diagnostics.
The band-splitter unit (comet) is one that is rated for a kW, and
seems ok, other than it had one internal short before that stopped my
VHF output, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it now.
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