[amsat-bb] Icom 9700 1.2gig (23cm) Mode

[Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL)]

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 at 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?
>
> Sloan (KN4GQB
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