[hpsdr] ANAN-100D 10m power output

[Les Keppie]

Joe -  for your information

Ver 2.8

These are my readings for power out on all bands into dummy load
Meter is Drake W4    1.8 to 54 Mhz

band  100D meter  Drake meter  Spinner

160   100         102          48.3
  80   100         102          49.4
  60   100         100          50.0
  40   100         102          49.3
  30   100         98           48.4
  20   100         98           47.5
  17   100         88           46.8
  15   100         93           46.2
  12   100         94           45.0
  10    96         74           41.5   max on spinner
   6   100         81           41.3   max on spinner

v2.7 gave following

160 100/100 - 80 100/102   40 100/98 - 30 100/94 - 20 100/90 - 17 100/82 -
15 100/76 - 12 100/84 - 10 100/84 - 6 100/52
Sorry I did not write down the spinner values when I did the test yesterday
but 10 and 6 were max on spinner

Les VK2DSG



On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:19:35 +1100, Joe Martin K5SO <k5so at valornet.com>  
wrote:

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> Mike,
>
> I achieve 100W out on 10m with a spinner setting of 45.0 when using  
> v2.7.  Further, while the power out is steady on an external power meter  
> the PowerSDR meter fluctuates from about 95W to 100W; suggesting to me  
> that there is some kind of instability in v2.7.
>
> This was not the case with v2.8.
>
> I must say that I have not a clue at the moment why the difference, as  
> the Verilog code between the two firmware versions is identical except  
> for the minor change to the EEPROM comm which simply permits a faster  
> (and more proper, in fact) erase procedure in v2.8 relative to v2.7.   
> The EEPROM code is not used in normal operation of the radio, only in  
> firmware loading.
>
> I’ll investigate this further because the two firmware versions should  
> behave identically as far as radio operations are concerned, but  
> certainly don’t seem to for some peculiar reason I don’t understand  
> presently.
>
> 73,  Joe K5SO
>
> On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:02 PM, Joe Martin K5SO wrote:
>
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>> Okay, will do.
>>
>> Joe K5SO
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:00 PM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> Sorry, I fat fingered. Could you downgrade to v2.7 and see if you get  
>>> 100 watts out with the same 10 meter spinner setting? I get the same  
>>> power output for both v2.7 and v2.8 except on 10 meters.
>>>
>>> I agree with you. The 100D is an awesome rig. Your effotrs are  
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Mike N2MS
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Joe Martin K5SO <k5so at valornet.com>
>>> To: mstangelo at comcast.net
>>> Cc: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org list <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
>>> Sent: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:40:59 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] ANAN-100D 10m power output
>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> I’m confused by your request.
>>>
>>> 1) I am using v2.8
>>>
>>> 2) If you raise the spinner setting you’ll lower the output power, not  
>>> increase the output power.
>>>
>>> It’s puzzling to me why you aren’t able to get 100W with the setting  
>>> of 41.5.  I’ll go ahead and test with higher spinner settings but it  
>>> should decrease the output power if it’s working properly, which I  
>>> believe is was because when I initially started my spinner setting was  
>>> in the 44 range, giving me an output of about 88 watts.  The power  
>>> increased (as expected) when I lowered the setting to 41.5, giving me  
>>> 100W out.
>>>
>>> Joe K5SO
>>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2014, at 8:32 PM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joe,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the report.
>>>>
>>>> I did check my PA settings. With v2.7 I get 100 watts out on 10  
>>>> meters wit a spinner setting of 44.1. With v2.8 I get 75 watts out  
>>>> with the minimum setting of 41.5. The others bands are the same with  
>>>> both versions of code.
>>>>
>>>> If you have time could you downgrade to v2.8 and see if the 10 meter  
>>>> spinner setting chas to be increased to get an output of 100 watts?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mike N2MS

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