When you have issues like this the best test is to use a known good dummy load. That removes the antenna system from the equation. See what happens on 18mHz when transmitting into the summy load.
Ken WA2LBI On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 6:58 PM Dick Dievendorff <d...@elecraft.com> wrote: > When unpowered the KAT500 is bypassed, ANT1. > > When the ATU is in mode BYP, yes, it’s bypassed. > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > > On Sep 13, 2020, at 15:52, Dave Cole <d...@nk7z.net> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > My KAT500 which worked yesterday, now shows a 3:1 on 18 MHz., only. > Antenna is a single feedline to a 6BTV, and an analyzer says all is good at > low power. At 100 watts, all seems good. > > > > All other bands seem OK at high power. > > > > Question: When in bypass, is the entire tuner bypassed? > > Question: When turned off is the tuner bypassed? Which antenna is > default? > > -- > > 73, and thanks, > > Dave (NK7Z) > > https://www.nk7z.net > > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > > ARRL Technical Specialist > > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 d...@elecraft.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 wa2...@gmail.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
