I was just chatting with another K3 owner about the merits (or not) of the K3 tuner. I commented that I have resonant antennas on all bands except for 75m where my ant is cut for the bottom end of 80m. I noted that if I set the K3 to 5 watts power and the display and then transmit (cw), I still get 5 watts "out" even on 75. Pretty much the same at all other power levels up to say, 60 watts, where it seems to level off. Since that is plenty of power, I don't see why I would "need" the tuner.
However, I note (for the first time...never looked before) that when I transmit on (say) 3.8 (75m), instead of the usual frequency display, I get something like "3.5 - 1" 1. What is that? 2. I assume that if I operate into a "bad" SWR, that the radio will protect itself and prevent me from destroying it. Is that correct? Thanks, de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
