On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:00:09 -0600, Keith wrote:

Well, now that my SSB is up and running, I have one more minor problem ( I
think). Whenever I key up the mike to talk, some of the electronics go nuts,
like the Link 20 (near the grounding foil), the VHF goes blank and one of
those "touch" 110 lamps goes on and off. The radio tech that got me up and
running said these were symptoms of reflected power. I'm using a 23' digital
antenna, and seem to be transmitting well. Is there anything I can do about
this, or should I even be worried about it?

That's typically caused by reflected power. You can check with an SWR
meter. If it's high, you'll need an antenna tuner connected to the output
of your transceiver.
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Larry
email is rapp at lmr dot com