The SWR indicators in most radios were not designed as precision
instruments.
If you are concerned, get an SWR bridge of known quality and check your
load, antenna, etc with it.
Jim WB2TPS
>Gang,
>
>My Omni VI indicates an SWR of 1.5 when connected to a dummy load. (The
>dummy load and coax are okay and were tested with another transceiver which
>indicated an SWR of 1.0).
>
>On page 4-2, Section 4-3 of the manual, bridge transformer "T1", on the low
>pass filter board is mentioned, but I've been unable to find any SWR
>alignment information.
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Karl - W5QJ
>
>
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