Dave, Check the coax between the K3 and the dummy load. Best check is to connect an antenna analyzer to the end connnected to the K3 with the dummy load on the other end.
Do you have the coax connected to the right antenna port? 73, Don W3FPR On 2/13/2011 2:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, I just finished putting together my 2nd K3, downloading all the > firmware, etc., and find that while everything seems to work fine, my SWR is > astronomical -- like 15 to 1 after the antenna tuner has looked for a good > match, and that's into a 50 ohm Elecraft dummy load. > > This is a K3-10, with KAT3, KDVR3, KXV3A, KIO3, KUSB. > > Before I tear it apart again, I'm just wondering if there's something > obvious that I'm overlooking. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > 73, Dave > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
