On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:19:28 -0800 (PST), NZ0T <n...@cox.net> wrote: How much inaccuracy are you experiencing?
How did you determine that the K3 is inaccurate? How did you determine that the W2 is very accurate? > >I have K3-100 kit 1502 with the internal tuner and FW 3.76. I know there >have been many posts about the meter SWR error but I really haven't seen a >resolution posted. Before I bought my W2 I used a cheap SWR/Power meter and >I thought the error was in it. Now that I have the W2 (which appears to be >very accurate) I see that the K3 SWR indication can be very different than >my W2, Ten Tec tuner, analyzer and my other HF rigs with or without the >internal tuner in line. My concern is that if the K3 reads SWR incorrectly >that the power may not fold back and there may be a risk of damage to the >finals. Is there any procedure to correct the error? I understand that >stray capacitance can cause differences but I would really like to have a >more accurate measurement by the rig. Tom, N5GE K3 #806 with SUB RX, PR6, KRC2 and K144XV K3 #1055 with PR6 and XV432 W1, 2 W2's and other small kits http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
