Hi Tom, the only dummy here is me. I don’t have a dummy load to use. The YT857 has a small power meter on the front it also indicates 50%. When I put a continuous CW tone through it registers 85W out with almost 0 reflected power. I guess in SSB I’m not supposed to see a peak power right. So then my question becomes how come 85% and not 100-reflected = 95-98w. Maybe I shouldn’t care
PS to all - I’ve seen one advantage to the doublet, on 3.783 the noise is S7, on my fan dipole it’s S9, interesting. But that’s good, the reason John suggested the doublet was to reduce the noise.
PS to all - I’ve seen one advantage to the doublet, on 3.783 the noise is S7, on my fan dipole it’s S9, interesting. But that’s good, the reason John suggested the doublet was to reduce the noise.
Doug McDougall 