Hi all, Thank you for the suggestion about ANT2. I had inadvertently switched 20M over to the unterminated ANT2 connector. All is well now. Assuming I don't get written up for transmitting 20 or 30 minutes of 25 wpm dots at 14.001 MHz (hi). I had the Bencher contacts locked down tightly, but I guess I had the spacing too close for the paddle's tolerances (it was cool in the shack).
73, Phil, NS7P -----Original Message----- From: Tom Hammond [mailto:n...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 3:57 PM To: Phil and Christina Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Problem with my K3 Phil: Any chance you might have, by accident, switched to an empty ANT2...??? 73, Tom N0SS At 17:33 09/18/2010, you wrote: >I need some advice. I had the K3 on this afternoon and tuned to the low end >of 20M (about 14.001x). I had been going into and out of the shack with the >radio in receive mode. I went into the shack and heard a continuous string >of dots. I tried to tune the signal, only to realize that it was my >sidetone (the watt meter in the SB200 was bouncing). I had to turn off the >power supply to stop it. When I powered it back on, the ERR KEY message was >displayed. I looked it up and saw that the key line must be active at power >on. I disconnected the Bencher paddle, and the ERR message went away. It >appears that the dot contact on the Bencher had changed enough to make it >touch. I adjusted the paddle, and that problem went away. > >The problem now is that on 20M, keying the radio gives a HI SWR message and >the SWR indicates 99.9:1. This is with either the 20M antenna or a dummy >load. The other bands appear to be fine. I fear that I may have fried >something in the 20M output circuit. Any suggestions? Help please! > >73, > >Phil, NS7P > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
