Thanks, Don. It was cockpit error. Hopefully I haven’t burned anything up. I had the KX3 connected to ANT 1 and the antenna selector switch on RF IN. Yep, I’m feeling pretty small right now.
73, Joel - W4JBB > On Jul 20, 2016, at 19:52, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Joel, > > If you have the KXAT100 in your KXPA100 then, you should set the KXAT100 to > AUTO while you "train" the ATU. Move the VFO in 50kHz increments and do a > TUNE. Do that for all bands of interest and each antenna of interest. > > Then put the KXATU into MAN mode and it will recall the settings for each > band segment, but will not try to auto-tune. > > If you leave it in AUTO mode, it may detect an erroneous bad SWR and attempt > to auto-tune. That is more likely during SSB speech than it is for CW or > data modes. > > If you have resonant antennas and do not wish the KXAT100 to tune, put it in > bypass for those antennas. > > In other words, do not leave the KXAT100 in AUTO mode unless you connect an > antenna that you have not yet trained the antenna to. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 7/20/2016 8:34 PM, Joel Black wrote: >> I am not completely understanding the tuning performed using the KX3 with >> the KXPA100. >> >> First, I’m not even completely sure which mode I should be in: Byp, Man, or >> Auto. I have three antennas - one is a vertical which is resonant on 40 - 10 >> except for 17 and 12 m. I have an OCF that is resonant on 40 - 10 >> *including* 17 and 12 m. I also have a shortened 80 m inverted vee that I >> have to tune if I go to 75 m. >> >> Currently, I have the shortened 80 m antenna selected with my antenna >> switch. No matter which mode I use, I never hear any relays in the KXPA100 >> ATU and I never get below about 7.4:1 SWR. The KX3’s ATU works just fine >> with the same antenna. Pressing the ATU TUNE button on the KX3 starts the 25 >> LED blinking but stopping the tuning does not stop the 25 LED from blinking. >> It’s blinking right now and I’m not tuning anything. >> >> I’m going to go back and verify all my cabling (I also have a PX3 in the >> mix) and make sure I haven’t cabled something wrong. Otherwise, what else >> can I look for? >> >> Thanks, >> Joel - W4JBB >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to donw...@embarqmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
