Best option would be put an antenna analyser on the antenna, never trust pretuned antennas.
Peter, 2M0SQL
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020, 00:48 Sloan Davis via AMSAT-BB, amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Has anyone experienced any malfunction in transmitting on their Icom 9700 on the 1.2 gig (L-Band Mode)? My SWR’s are registering 3+ and I’ve changed antennas twice with direct connection/ connectors using N adapters. I’m using LMR 400 coaxial (50 foot) run. The power coming out of the radio is 8 watts via dummy load/meter. The antenna is from M2 and requires no tuning.
Not sure what else I can do?
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