And if you ignore this rule, if you hear a lot of clicking after
pressing ATU TUNE, check all the antenna switches and
connections before transmitting. Lots of clicking is frequently
a symptom of no antenna connected.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 12/4/18 at 8:46 AM, rmcg...@blomand.net (Bob McGraw
As a rule for many reasons, if you do not use ANT 2 with an antenna
connected then by all means, put a dummy load on it. Even a 10W or 20W
rated load. It will save you much grief, frustration, and likely your
PA.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 12/3/2018 7:54 PM, HB wrote:
Easy is good!!!
From:
Rich . . .
Don't flagellate yourself too much. One of our 6-meter ops blew his
K3's finals on Field day a few years ago by inadvertently tapping the
ANT button instead of the ATU TUNE button which is directly above it.
Background noise on 50 MHz. being noticeably lower than on HF, he was
Easy is good!!!
From: K1dj
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 2:06 PM
To: Hank
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S will not load or tune on 160 M/SOLVED
Thanks all for the speedy and helpful replies! Wish I had run this by you
BEFORE the contest rather than after. I went
Thanks all for the speedy and helpful replies! Wish I had run this by you
BEFORE the contest rather than after. I went back to the K3S and switched
through various bands down to 160, and discovered for reasons unknown, on this
band I had never used, the rig was set to “Ant 2.” Since I am
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