John I would struggle to explain this, but I'm quite certain that what you are seeing is quite correct and nothing to worry about. The Palstar is showing you the swr of the antenna and feedline. The K3 ATU is matching the transmitter to this impedance. The ATU does not change the antenna impedance.
Regards John G4ZTR -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Dziedziejko Sent: 02 January 2012 04:13 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Internal Tuner Question I installed the KAT3 over the weekend and the construction and calibration was successful. This evening I hooked everything back up to check reception, tuning and swr. I have it set to AUTO, when I tap the ATU TUNE switch the tuner does its thing and I read a 1.0:1 swr on the K3 meter. I have a Palstar Wattmeter installed between the K3 and the antenna and for some reason I am getting a high swr on the Palstar meter of 5:1 and don't understand why. I have a multiband vertical antenna with a 4:1 Unun at the base of the antenna. Am I missing something here? A little hand holding would be appreciated. Regards, John W9QP ______________________________________________________________ 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6759 (20120101) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6761 (20120102) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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
