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FLnative writes:

Your right, I know he said that, but I was just asking LoneWolf if he also noticed his watts also going backwards as well.

If so, then IMO Taz is probably right on the money about the DeadKey. When the dead key in the radio is set high relative to the max output, then there is little or no driving power from the transistors. Thus the radio will appear to lose watts output and the SWR will show to drop.

I won't argue if this is a real loss or just more lying from the meter business, however. Some like big drive and some like high carrier output with little or no drive.

If the DK is the problem and he used the same setup with the Spectrum antenna, then why didn't the problem show up then?Sounds like I'm arguing with myself here? Maybe, but LoneWolf still has that problem, so maybe the deak key thing is off the track a bit. If so, then I think the ground is at fault.

Where did you go LoneWolf? Have you checked it out yet.

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 45902" data-attributes="member: 903">FLnative writes:Your right, I know he said that, but I was just asking LoneWolf if he also noticed his watts also going backwards as well. If so, then IMO Taz is probably right on the money about the DeadKey. When the dead key in the radio is set high relative to the max output, then there is little or no driving power from the transistors. Thus the radio will appear to lose watts output and the SWR will show to drop. I won&#039;t argue if this is a real loss or just more lying from the meter business, however. Some like big drive and some like high carrier output with little or no drive.If the DK is the problem and he used the same setup with the Spectrum antenna, then why didn&#039;t the problem show up then?Sounds like I&#039;m arguing with myself here? Maybe, but LoneWolf still has that problem, so maybe the deak key thing is off the track a bit. If so, then I think the ground is at fault.Where did you go LoneWolf? Have you checked it out yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 45902, member: 903"] FLnative writes: Your right, I know he said that, but I was just asking LoneWolf if he also noticed his watts also going backwards as well. If so, then IMO Taz is probably right on the money about the DeadKey. When the dead key in the radio is set high relative to the max output, then there is little or no driving power from the transistors. Thus the radio will appear to lose watts output and the SWR will show to drop. I won't argue if this is a real loss or just more lying from the meter business, however. Some like big drive and some like high carrier output with little or no drive. If the DK is the problem and he used the same setup with the Spectrum antenna, then why didn't the problem show up then?Sounds like I'm arguing with myself here? Maybe, but LoneWolf still has that problem, so maybe the deak key thing is off the track a bit. If so, then I think the ground is at fault. Where did you go LoneWolf? Have you checked it out yet. [/QUOTE]

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