I have done the reading of the printout - some really crazy SWR numbers for the antenna that I know are not correct.

So far as RF in the shack - I might consider that - if things had not been working correctly until abut a month ago. Nothing has changed until then, causing all the efforts and modifications to isolate the problem. Other rigs - with ATUs - are working just fine with the entire station.

Everything RF is brought into the house to a well grounded bulkhead. Longest run from any rig/amp/tuner is 6 feet to the bulkhead. Interconnects are all as short as possible. Equipment is all connected to a central grounding point. In other words - been there and done that out of habit.

Tonight I am running barefoot with the antenna running direct to the K3 - all is good. Tomorrow I will try to get everything back to where it was before this mess started and tune when I QSO as a routine and forget whatever else the tuner is supposed to do. Sure reminds me of what it was doing when I first got it.

A manual tuner will be ordered very soon and the KAT500 removed from the lineup.

I don't see a magic bullet on this - thanks for all the ideas.

Bill W2BLC




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