GL! Ken WA2LBI
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 7:53 AM Dave Cole <d...@nk7z.net> wrote: > Hi ken, > Added the dummy, no problems, so it is the antenna... Also, given it is > a 6BTV with the 18 meter add on, and all other bands work, it is not the > feedline... > > This makes it simple to fix! It is either a break with the laws of > physics as we understand them today-- or a connection has come loose. > Given there are only two connections... I suspect it will be a simple fix. > > 73, and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL Technical Specialist > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources > > On 9/13/20 4:24 PM, Ken Winterling wrote: > > 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 > > <mailto: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 > > <mailto: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 > > <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 <mailto: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 <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 <mailto: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 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
