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?

Yes. I'd start by putting a few clamp-around ferrites on the coax at both
the antenna and radio and on the power line where it enters the radio. If
that don't work ....
Good luck.

"Keith" wrote
..... Is there anything I can do about this, or should I even be worried
about it?

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.
--

Larry
email is rapp at lmr dot com

In article ,
"Keith" wrote:

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?

And you let this "tech" walk off the boat before he fixed the radio
installation, why????

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

What you have is a very high impedance "Ground System" and maybe
a nonresonant antenna. First off, 23 feet of antenna is marginal for any
frequency below 12 Mhz. Does you HF installation include an Antenna
Tuner? If so, is it tuning the antenna, and how do you know this?
Again, why did you let the guy leave before he fixed the antenna
problems? How much power is the transmitter puting out? Does the
Mic burn your hand when your transmitting?

Gives us more information, and maybe we can help you out.

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

www.digitalantenna.com

The VHF digitals got great reviews in PC a few years ago. I suspect
the SSB antennas are high quality as well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:40:46 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

www.digitalantenna.com

The VHF digitals got great reviews in PC a few years ago. I suspect
the SSB antennas are high quality as well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista



Everybody tries to cash in on the word "digital" like it is some kind
of magic. Kind of deceptive if you ask me. Even if it is only their
name.

I see on their web site that they have discovered some new laws of
physics!
A 24 foot HF antenna that has an swr of less than 2:1 over the entire
2-30 mhz range when used with a tuner. Isn't that amazing!

Likewise with their VHF antenna they have discovered a new ground
system that lowers the radiation angle of their 6 db antenna to make
it more efficient than others. Just amazing!

I wonder if it is digitally encoded to perform those miracles.

Regards
Gary

I dunno. Suggest that you consult the actual results of independent
tests. I don't remember anything about the SSB antenna, but I do
seem to recall that their VHF performed very well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"Gary Schafer" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:40:46 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

www.digitalantenna.com

The VHF digitals got great reviews in PC a few years ago. I suspect
the SSB antennas are high quality as well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista



Everybody tries to cash in on the word "digital" like it is some kind
of magic. Kind of deceptive if you ask me. Even if it is only their
name.

I see on their web site that they have discovered some new laws of
physics!
A 24 foot HF antenna that has an swr of less than 2:1 over the entire
2-30 mhz range when used with a tuner. Isn't that amazing!

Likewise with their VHF antenna they have discovered a new ground
system that lowers the radiation angle of their 6 db antenna to make
it more efficient than others. Just amazing!

I wonder if it is digitally encoded to perform those miracles.

Regards
Gary

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:32:35 GMT, Gary Schafer
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:40:46 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

www.digitalantenna.com

The VHF digitals got great reviews in PC a few years ago. I suspect
the SSB antennas are high quality as well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista



Everybody tries to cash in on the word "digital" like it is some kind
of magic. Kind of deceptive if you ask me. Even if it is only their
name.

I see on their web site that they have discovered some new laws of
physics!
A 24 foot HF antenna that has an swr of less than 2:1 over the entire
2-30 mhz range when used with a tuner. Isn't that amazing!

Likewise with their VHF antenna they have discovered a new ground
system that lowers the radiation angle of their 6 db antenna to make
it more efficient than others. Just amazing!

I wonder if it is digitally encoded to perform those miracles.

I remember back when ICOM marketed an "automatic" tuner for long wires
when I first retired and was working part-time at the ARRL as an
Assistant Tech Editor. The ARRL lab purchased one and had it xrayed
at a local orthopods office - turns out it was a really big dummy load
that you could attach a piece of wire to. ;)

Today, I imagine it would be called a digital tuner. ;)

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
"The wildness and adventure that are in
fishing still recommend it to me."

Henry David Thoreau
"Walden" (1854)

Oh, now I get it! This is the cellular antenna company in FL that
makes the 3W linear amp for cellular phone!

Awful lot of smoke 'n mirrors from these guys.....



On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:40:46 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

www.digitalantenna.com

The VHF digitals got great reviews in PC a few years ago. I suspect
the SSB antennas are high quality as well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista



Larry W4CSC

Is it just me or did the US and UK just capture 1/3
of the world's sweetest oil supply? What idiot wants to
GIVE IT BACK?!!
Let's do what Europeans have been doing for centuries.
DIVIDE UP THE SPOILS OF OUR CONQUEST! Gas will be
$US0.50/US gallon again, STUPIDS!

As I was told by a local radio pro, "Welcome to the world of HF".

I installed ferrites and line isolators and still all kinds of weird ****
happens when I broadcast. Unless you want to get into Faraday Cages etc, it
is just something you learn to live with.

--
Dennis Gibbons
dkgibbons at optonline dot net
"Keith" wrote in message
...
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?