On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:10:09 EDT, John Davis
wrote:

On 10/7/2010 12:45 PM, Dick Grady AC7EL wrote:

Can anyone explain the above phenomonon?

Dick AC7EL
One thought.. What is the "Hang time" on that repeater... (From the time
received signal stops to the time xmtr cuts off.

It could be the signal was not holding it and it was fluttering the
transmitter (Rapidly switching on and off) and your S-meter was averaging.

The hang time is zero, literally. A while ago, I asked the tech
committee why there was no hang time, and they said that to save money
they did not add a controller board.

So your explanation makes sense.

Dick AC7EL