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[TenTec] [Q] weird SWR on JUPITER

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Subject: [TenTec] [Q] weird SWR on JUPITER
From: khopper@uchicago.edu (Ken Hopper)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:11:53 -0600
Jupiter runs great - but I am experiencing a really strange readout of SWR on
my JUPITER depending on mode. 

If I put it in CW mode about 20W, internal keyer off, and hit the dot paddle
the rig keys and shows 2.3:1.  If I switch modes to SSB and hit the same
paddle it acts like PTT and shows 1.0:1 SWR.

So I substituted a DUMMY LOAD and it has identical behavior - when in CW the
SWR to the dummy load is 2.7:1 and 1.0:1 in any other mode.  Band doesn't make
a lot of diff. Sometimes CW shows up as 1.8:1 or 1.6:1 on the dummy load. 20M
seems to be the greatest diff.

Why the diff? Has my internal tuner gone wakko?

Thanks,
Ken N9VV

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