HW-101 Low Output Power

[Will, Mark]

After some suspicion that my HW-101 was having problems, I made the
following
measurements yesterday.  I was tuning into a MFJ 300 Watt 50 ohm dummy load.
I found that the maximum output that I could obtain was as follows:
29.5 MHz band - 50 watts
29.0 MHz band - 55 watts
28.5 MHz band - 55 watts
28.0 MHz band - 50 watts
21.0 MHz band - 100 watts
14.0 MHz band - 50 watts
7.0 MHz band - 30 watts
3.5 MHz band - 80 watts

I thought I should be able to get about 100 watts out on all bands except
for 80
meters which should be about 80 watts.  However, with the exception of 21
MHz,
I only get about half this amount.  40 meters is especially low.  Also, I
have to
turn up the MIC/CW Level  nearly fully clockwise before I get any output at
all.

Does anyone have any idea why my 101's output should be so low??  Should I
suspect the 6146A finals??  I have been through the alignment procedure
several
times and never seem to get any better results.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark C. Will
E-mail: mark.will at lsil.com
LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc
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Wichita, Kansas 67226-1397
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