Any more info on this?
73 Jim Allen W6OGC
> 25 amps at 14 volts is 350 watts. That is an awful lot for a radio that is
> supposed to be putting out only 20. I would expect at most 2 to 3 watts drain
> at 20 watts TX output. Something is definitely going on here. may load While
> I don’t
25 amps at 14 volts is 350 watts. That is an awful lot for a radio that is
supposed to be putting out only 20. I would expect at most 2 to 3 watts drain
at 20 watts TX output. Something is definitely going on here.
may load While I don’t suspect the antenna, have you tried testing into a good
Sounds more to me like an arc out in feedline/antenna somewhere. While the
arc is flashed, the feed Z goes very low. And the SWR therefore goes very
high. And it takes less energy to continue the arc than to start it.
The key here is that the SWR changes when the trouble starts.
An antenna is
This one cropped up just today, with no significant change in my home station
setup, using a K2/100 on 40m using a low inverted Vee.
Sometimes (typically every other or every third time, but randomly), when
pushing (and holding) the tune button with the power set to 11 watts or more, I
get a
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