Dale: I had differing and irreconcilable SWR readings (one on the radio and
one on the MFJ tuner)
until I took the low pass filter out of the line between the radio and
amplifier. No matter how I tweaked the caps in the low pass, even into a
dummy load, I could get get it below about 1.3:1.
So, the low pass came out and everything is fine now.
If you are using the automatic antenna tuner in the radio *and* the MFJ
tuner, try turning off the automatic tuner and using only the MFJ so that
they are not working against each other and presenting two changing
variables.
73, Rob
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Robin Ludlow, VE3YE, Editor, The Canadian Amateur
1010 Bosque Crescent, Cumberland, ON, CANADA K4C 1C3
Phone: 613-833-2766 Fax: 613-833-2716
E-mail: RDL2@igs.net Packet radio: VE3YE@VE3KYT
Radio Amateurs of Canada web site: http://www.rac.ca
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