Ed,Not seeing that here. SWR value unchanged at 10, 20, 30, 35 watts of drive. Suggest you test into a dummy load to see if the problem goes away, which would suggest some issue with power level into the feedline or antenna.
-larry (K8UT) ------ Original Message ------ From: "Ed G" <ed.n...@gmail.com> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: 2020-06-15 9:48:55 AM Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Operation on 6 Meters
Folks, I am trying to understand some odd KPA1500 operation on 6 meters. When setting the power output of my K3 to give varying amounts of drive to the KPA1500, I am seeing SWR as displayed on the KPA1500 changing by a significant amount depending on the drive level. This is with the KPA1500 tuner bypassed. An LP-100A on the output of the KPA1500 is also used and displays the correct low SWR at all drive levels that I would expect to be seeing on the KPA1500 display. For example, with 5 watts drive from the K3, I see 1.3 SWR on the LP-100, and 2.5:1 on the KPA1500 display. As I increase drive, the KPA1500 SWR display goes down proportionally, until I get to about 40 watts drive. At the 40 watt drive level, I am seeing a nice healthy 1600 watts output, and both the LP-100 and the KPA1500 are showing the same 1.3 SWR. 15 watts drive shows 1.3 on the LP100 and 2.0:1 on the KPA1500 display. So I am not sure why the SWR sensing and display in the KPA1500 is behaving this way? I do not see this oddity on any other bands. I might also add that attempting to get the KPA1500 internal tuner to bring down the high SWR as seen on the KPA1500 results in a drop in SWR displayed on the KPA1500 to where SWR almost equals that on the LP-100, but using the tuner I would expect that to be even better. --Ed— -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ______________________________________________________________ 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 k...@charter.net
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