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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:07:18 -0600, "Ken Bessler"
wrote: "W9DMK (Robert Lay)" wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:53:07 -0600, "Ken Bessler" wrote: Dear Ken, Are you saying that you have a separate SWR meter, external to the rig and that you are using this instead of the rig's internal SWR meter? Is their no internal autotuner or outboard manual tuner involved? Bob, W9DMK, Dahlgren, VA I'm using a seperate SWR/Power meter. Both rigs, old and new, had no internal tuner and used my MFJ-864. The FT-857D has a SWR meter but it's not calibrated or even marked. So, I use a seperate, dedicated & calibrated meter. I'm using a MFJ 941C tuner but all my measurements have been with the tuner in bypass mode, going direct to the antennas. Dear Ken, Then I'm going to suggest that which was my first thought - something has probably been damaged by lightning, and it will probably require that you take everything down and examine it inch by inch to find what has happened. Be especially observent over the entire length of coax for any sign of a burn. I have had several strikes over the years that have caused varying amounts of damage. Often, it is just a small burn through from the inner conductor to the shield that leaves a lump of charred dielectric at the point where it left the feed line and found some shorter path to ground. Bob, W9DMK, Dahlgren, VA Replace "nobody" with my callsign for e-mail http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk http://zaffora/f2o.org/W9DMK/W9dmk.html |
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