Lo P on 10 and 12 meters

Posted by EMD on Jan 11, 2012; 1:18am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Lo-P-on-10-and-12-meters-tp7174518.html

Hello,

Once again I'm getting a Lo P message when I try to tune on 10 and 12 meters.  Last month all was well but after coming home this month and selecting 12 meters I noticed it was quite, not the s meter reading I expected, 10 meters was also quite.  I tried tuning, using AUTO and ALT, and got the Lo p message even with the power set to 10 watts.  

I have had this issue before and it was a bad solder joint on D4 last time.  So since it worked before and now it's not it makes me wonder what other component can have a bad solder joint.

I was also wonder if maybe my antenna might be an issue.  I'm using just a long wire hanging out an up stairs window for now connected to a tree about 25 feet in the air.  Would getting a better antenna like a G5RV( I think thats it ) would help the situation? Or maybe a better quality wire?  But I think it's an internal issue.

Going to need a watt better so can anyone recommend a good QRP watt meter.

73,
Ed KE7HGA