This could happen if your power is right on the edge of 1000W and a very
small variation in that power would drop it below the value needed to
light that one LED. I don't know the circuitry, but it could be a 1 Watt
difference that would cause one LED to go out or light back up.
73, Duane
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:31:14 -0400 "yv5mbx" <yv5mbx@arrl.net> writes:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Javier Remoto" <jlopez@plasticosomega.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:47 PM
> Subject: Centurion Question
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am watching the behavior of my Centurion amp wich is connected
> to the
> > Orion and found in the first minutes of cw operation I achieve
> 1000 watts
> on
> > Top-Band but after 10 minutes or so the led scale shows abt 900
> watts (1
> led
> > on less than with 1000) then later 1000 watts could be seen agn.
> >
> > Grid: 90 dots / 160 - 240 dash ma
> > Plate Amperes: 0.4 dots / 0.8-0.8 dash
> > Stand by: Plate Voltage abt 280 / Operating: 2.2 - 2.3 KV
> >
> > Is the amp performing reasonable ok in terms of values shown?
> >
> > 73's de Javier
> >
>
>
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
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