[Kenwood] TS930 peak & average meter readings SSB vs. CW modes

Wed May 29 11:57:13 EDT 2013

Terry,
I've gotten to the point that I pay NO ATTENTION to the meter on the 
TS-930S/930SAT.
I've gotten used to using my peak reading Bird.
You ARE getting the same power out with SSB. The built-in meter on the 
930 can't keep up with peaks.
The Heathkit SA-2060A "may" be a peak meter, BUT, I don't know how good 
it really is.
I used to have a Heathkit 2140 (?) peak dual wattmeter/VSWR meter. It 
NEVER read as well as the above mentioned Bird.
The "Average" that you see on the antenna tuner is going to be closer to 
just that - Average or RMS. The Heath peak reading meters weren't that 
accurate.
It sounds like EVERYTHING on/in YOUR TS-930S is just fine!
Bob - N0DGN
On 5/29/2013 11:36 AM, Terry Clinard wrote:
> On 40 meters when I key down in CW mode my TS930 meter reads about 120 watts output carrier.
> When on SSB with speech processing being used, the meter reads about 60 to 70 watts output.
> When I view my forward power meter on my Heath Kit SA2060A roller inductor antenna tuner in SSB mode it registers about 100 watts average. The antenna tuner meter is a peak reading meter.
>> Question: When viewing the TS930 meter in SSB mode, is the meter reading average power out or peak power out? If the meter in SSB is an average meter reading on the TS930, then I suppose it is possible that the TS930 meter is not showing peaks because in that mode it is average reading?
> Thank you
>> Terry Clinard WA8OPR
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