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Hi Alan
Box ? what's that ! open plan this end ,
the inv L is top loaded and atu voltages are
quite low , but it seem the connection
to the insulator has fatigued , the clamp is still
there , but the wires have parted , there
was no dip , swinging the vario or cap ,
then no change with the Ae connected or
not , sure sign something was wrong !
20 watts is fine for the moment , there is a
cable tie jammed in the select relay , to keep the
tuner out of cct
The HF tuner has been loading the wire
to the insulator , that's a problem when you
only have a lamp to show its found a
resolve , rx was ok , just a bit down on Tx , not
the first time its happened over the years ,
but the scramble over the roof, with cutters
and spanner seems to be getting more
demanding than it used to be 20 years ago
Used to have a tuner than unsoldered
itself when running high power on 80 , run down to
the shed to find the major bits had
parted company , but that was in the good old days
when you could work nearly to the west coast usa
on ssb at some small hour in the morning , now
all we get is down under !
73-G,
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 9:23 PM
Subject: LF: Re: Automatic HF tuner loading 5 feet of
wire
er G. You might want to check for
arcing, tracking, or melting within the box....LF/MF generates pretty high
voltages :-))
Alan
G3NYK
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 9:15
PM
Subject: LF: Automatic HF tuner loading 5
feet of wire
After finding the HF tuner was
loading 5 feet of wire + coil to the
base of the insulator , and the main Ae was not
actually connected
This is 20 watts , end fed to
the 40 ft vertical , no top loading , -14dB /
-15 dB s/n , but lots of volts at the feed
point ..
100% tx at the moment
G,
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