Hi, Mike et al: If you are adventurous, and your K3 has a KAT3, you might try putting the K3 into the LCSET mode and drive the '87A slowly and gently up to max while adjusting the KAT3 LC parameters. Pls don't hotswitch! I think you may see that the sign of the Zin changes from band to band: you get better results with Ca than Ct and vice versa. Fred Cady's book has a good several pages in this, iirc.
The length of the pigtail has an effect, as well; however, since the K3s I have will drive the '87As I have through real Alpha pigtails, without resorting to the K3's internal tuner, I've ignored the situation. Too many variables, heh heh. Purists, ymmv, thanks. Brgds, Dave Windisch, N3HE "Livin' the dream in Jacksonville, FL" -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-and-Alpha-87A-SWR-tp7561478p7561654.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
