All, Be sure that the antenna has been disconnected and a good dummy load is connected in its place to the antenna port via a very short piece of known-good coax. Better to have a 50 ohm termination connected directly to the antenna port.
73 Gene K1NR K2 6K On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:14:02 -0400 Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Johnny, > > Yes, that is an excellent suggestion, especially if the > K3 power supply > is a switcher. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 7/6/2011 9:05 PM, Johnny Siu wrote: > > Hello Don, > > > > I would even play a more safe game to distinguish > whether it is a true birdie. How about using a 12v > battery instead of a power supply unit during the test? > > > > TNX& 73, > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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