I am concerned what might be a problem. I lost all power out when working the Nov Sweeps SSB last night. The receive was fine. I could hear the audio stop and ALC reading drop to nothing when I pushed PTT, but there was no power out when I spoke. This happened very suddenly.
I started the event outside. I hooked a random wire through a UNUN into a tuner. I could feel a RF burn from the case of the rig but got it tuned down and operated awhile with seemingly no problems. I brought the rig into the house and connected to the normal Vertical and was operating when the loss in power out happened. Turning the rig off revived the power for a minute then it happened again. I moved down to CW and it seemed OK. I came back to SSB and operated another 15 min with no trouble. This morning it seems OK so far as well in the last 30 minutes. I should have thought to push the tune button to see if I had power out that way.
I would like to get some ideas what went wrong and also if I am damaging/damaged my rig with the tuned random wire. This rig is a huge investment for me. I don't intend to abuse it, though I will be using it in the field as well as in the shack.
Thanks for any help.
Ivin W9ILF Serial# 04892
btw: an auto tuner will be on order very soon. CANT WAIT!!!
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