So the last few days I been working on getting my station setup in my closet. Finally get it all put together and fire up the TS-440 and !@#!@$@#$, its acting like the line is shorted, redo connectors and VSWR is still !@#!@#:1, plus dots of death. Put a load at the end of the line, results still VSWR of !@#!@:1, put radio at the antenna, still !@#!@#@, check connections, still !@#!@#.
Hooked up the 440 to the load, still !@#!@##, my load is bad?
I figured enough before I screw my radio any more, and hook up an old 23 channel CB, hooked up to a smaller power supply. VSWR is now 1.2:1.
!@#!@#@!#.
Take the TS-440 and put it back in the truck, oh now it works!!! Yay.
Put the TS-440 back in the house, now it dont work, Noooo.
Check voltage on the PS-40 supply, 14.2v and the 440 still shuts off with VSWR of $#1&:1
Try hooking it up to a smaller power supply, and cut down the 440's power to 3 watts, now radio works with VSWR of 1.2:1.
2 partial days of hell all caused by a faulty psu likely putting out an AC voltage causing the 440 to throw harmonics and spurious all over giving the SWR bridge a bad reading.
Station is now up and running, missed the end of the sunspot by minutes but made local contacts on 38LSB.
What have I learned,
#1 digital VOM's are gay
#2 radios sometimes throw all sorts of harmonics and crap just like cheap amplifiers do
Hooked up the 440 to the load, still !@#!@##, my load is bad?
I figured enough before I screw my radio any more, and hook up an old 23 channel CB, hooked up to a smaller power supply. VSWR is now 1.2:1.
!@#!@#@!#.
Take the TS-440 and put it back in the truck, oh now it works!!! Yay.
Put the TS-440 back in the house, now it dont work, Noooo.
Check voltage on the PS-40 supply, 14.2v and the 440 still shuts off with VSWR of $#1&:1
Try hooking it up to a smaller power supply, and cut down the 440's power to 3 watts, now radio works with VSWR of 1.2:1.
2 partial days of hell all caused by a faulty psu likely putting out an AC voltage causing the 440 to throw harmonics and spurious all over giving the SWR bridge a bad reading.
Station is now up and running, missed the end of the sunspot by minutes but made local contacts on 38LSB.
What have I learned,
#1 digital VOM's are gay
#2 radios sometimes throw all sorts of harmonics and crap just like cheap amplifiers do