When the 2340's hooked up to the 1500 watt MFJ dummy load the transmitter shows 1/12 watt dead key and 20 watts pep (swr flat.)
When the dummy load is switched out for the antenna the swr rises to 1.2. The dead key stays at 11/2 Watts. But the pep drops from 20 (watts) to 15.
Is the loss of 5 watts pep (modulated output) normal/common when switching from a dummy load to an antenna?
What's leading me to believe this may not be normal is the dead key 11/2 Watts stays the same weather I'm...
DUMMY LOAD VS. ANTENNA (OUTPUT.)
When the dummy load is switched out for the antenna the swr rises to 1.2. The dead key stays at 11/2 Watts. But the pep drops from 20 (watts) to 15.
Is the loss of 5 watts pep (modulated output) normal/common when switching from a dummy load to an antenna?
What's leading me to believe this may not be normal is the dead key 11/2 Watts stays the same weather I'm...
DUMMY LOAD VS. ANTENNA (OUTPUT.)