I had an identical problem a few years ago with an SGC-239 autotuner that I originally used to tune my attic loop at the feedpoint. It was worst on 10 metres. It was suggested to me that RF could be getting in to the tuner. I thought that was a bad joke, because an ATU ought to be pretty immune to RF, especially if it is capable of being used at the antenna feedpoint.
I thought about this when I ordered the T1. I seem to recall Wayne saying that one reason the T1 doesn't automatically retune if it senses a mismatch is because this can sometimes cause problems. Because of my experience with the SGC-239, this seemed like a definite advantage to me. SGC sent me a new controller for the 239 that greatly reduced the incidence of this trouble, presumably by reducing the threshold at which it did a re-tune. I'm guessing that if there is an issue with the KX1, Elecraft could resolve it with a firmware change too, by making it work more like the T1 and only retuning if you change band or specifically tell it to. Julian, G4ILO G4ILO's Shack: http://www.tech-pro.net/g4ilo "Trev - K6ESE" wrote: >From my point of view it sounds like an RF on the rig problem...high voltage at the antenna connector may be triggering the ATU into some wierd tune state? It's just a guess, but in the past I've had similar problems with other rigs when this was the case, a voltage node at the rig... _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
