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SWR Indication Varies
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The lower the transmit power the more sensitive the reverse power is to other sources. Are there any large local signals?0
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I see it too, was just looking at it. Looks not to be a problem. What it looks like to me is it is very sensitive.0
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I have a similar problem during xmit. The SWR is 1 to 1 then climbs to 2.5 during an FT8 xmsn on 80 and 160 meters. Lower power seems to negate the problem. It0
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I would expect to see a slightly different SWR when you're measuring it at different points along the cable. Last winter I had a problem while running ft8 similar to the one mentioned here. That turned out to be a bad relay in the remote antenna switch. If you running more than a hundred Watts and you may have a high SWR I suspect that's why the relay contacts may have failed. my observation is just that this isn't causing me a problem but I was curious.0
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I had a similar issue when running high power. I found that a tree branch had come in contact with the antenna. At 100 watts, no problem. However, at high power things were fine until the branch started to smolder! Then the SWR started to climb. A little tree trimming and things were fine, again. Logan, KE7AZ0
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Warren,
What you are describing is typically a ferrite core (balun or current choke) heating up, often when the swr is fairly high0 -
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