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Re: [TowerTalk] Tuner SWR won't stay down

To: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>, Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tuner SWR won't stay down
From: Tom Nicholson <Gunsrus1942@Comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:50:17 -0500
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Just a thought, BUT, why not use an inexpensive laser temp meter that will save the "pinkies"?


On 1/1/2015 3:55 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
Even at low power, large currents can flow in certain components. This sounds 
like something is heating up and changing value. A giveaway would be if the 
match drifts faster at high power than at low power. Assuming that's the case, 
can you get inside and, while running low power, feel around for anything 
getting warm?

Kim N5OP



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