kenwood 450s problem.
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I seem to have a problem with my kenwood 450s. I can transmit fine on 80 and 40 meters but when I go to 20 nothing plus there is what sounds like an echo when I try to transmit. The antenna tuner says the SWR is Ok. I use a G5RV antenna and thought that this may be the problem. I have just installed an "ENDFEDZ" 20m end fed dipole, the results are the same. I can receive OK and there is no difference on the transmit side when I bypass the tuner and connect either antenna directly to the radio. Any help / suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks Ian VA3SOF |
kenwood 450s problem.
How does it perform into a known good dummy load? If you don't have one get
one ..about $39 from MFJ 1. http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...rodid=MFJ-260C -- 73,Charlie-AD5TH www.ad5th.com "Ian Smith" wrote in message ... Hi, I seem to have a problem with my kenwood 450s. I can transmit fine on 80 and 40 meters but when I go to 20 nothing plus there is what sounds like an echo when I try to transmit. The antenna tuner says the SWR is Ok. I use a G5RV antenna and thought that this may be the problem. I have just installed an "ENDFEDZ" 20m end fed dipole, the results are the same. I can receive OK and there is no difference on the transmit side when I bypass the tuner and connect either antenna directly to the radio. Any help / suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks Ian VA3SOF |
kenwood 450s problem.
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Ian Smith wrote: Hi, I seem to have a problem with my kenwood 450s. I can transmit fine on 80 and 40 meters but when I go to 20 nothing plus there is what sounds like an echo when I try to transmit. Ian- Charlie's suggestion to try it with a dummy load is a good idea. That would (probably) eliminate stray RF as the source of the echo. It would also provide a non-reactive load, in case your output stage happens to be oscillating at some frequency determined by the tuner. A further check on this would require a spectrum analyzer, ham-scan or a panadapter to see if you are transmitting on more than one frequency. 73, Fred K4DII |
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