As a "confidence building" exercise, try it into a dummy load rather than the amp. If it works into the dummy load, blame the input if the amplifier.
73, Don W3FPR On 5/9/2011 6:22 PM, Alexander Sack wrote: > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF > <vk4bof.elecr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Alexander, >> I see this a lot with my K3. >> The truth is that the KAT3 is never really out of circuit. >> The trick is to enable the KAT3 (Hold ATU Tune), use it to show a low VSWR >> to the rigs finals, then disable it (Hold ATU TUNE) again. >> You will then find that the VSWR will presented to the rig will be correct >> as per the analyser. >> I don't why the KAT3 still appears to be in circuit when supposedly switched >> out but at least there is a workaround. > Funny I tried that too and still got HISWR cause that is what I > thought was going on....but I did this particular test so fast and I > might have changed my VFO making my observation invalid. > > I will try again...(and verify its ANT1!). > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
