Bird 43 broken?

[hhh]

I have a Bird 43 thru-line, about 5 yrs. old and use it mainly on marine
vhf and ssb. It seems to be showing only a few watts out on radios I know
are putting out full 25 w power. Can they break, is it dirty somewhere?
Everyone says they last forever.
Ken

[Rod]

Hi Ken sometimes a good clean will fix it up have found that in my case a
good spray with a propoall thorough the unit and wipe it down after it dries
off
give it a try
Cheers Rod
VK2TWR

Post by hhh
I have a Bird 43 thru-line, about 5 yrs. old and use it mainly on marine
vhf and ssb. It seems to be showing only a few watts out on radios I know
are putting out full 25 w power. Can they break, is it dirty somewhere?
Everyone says they last forever.
Ken

[Jack O'neill]

Never heard of one going bad, short of it hitting the floor.
Maybe the slug is bad?? Find someone with another slug and give it a try.
Good Luck.
73
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Post by Rod
Hi Ken sometimes a good clean will fix it up have found that in my case a
good spray with a propoall thorough the unit and wipe it down after it dries
off
give it a try
Cheers Rod
VK2TWR

Post by hhh
I have a Bird 43 thru-line, about 5 yrs. old and use it mainly on marine
vhf and ssb. It seems to be showing only a few watts out on radios I know
are putting out full 25 w power. Can they break, is it dirty somewhere?
Everyone says they last forever.
Ken

[hhh]

I tried it on a SSB today with a different slug and it worked OK. I''l
clean it and try a dirrerent VHF slug. Thanks