Hi Alexander, I see this a lot with my K3. The truth is that the KAT3 is never really out of circuit. The trick is to enable the KAT3 (Hold ATU Tune), use it to show a low VSWR to the rigs finals, then disable it (Hold ATU TUNE) again. You will then find that the VSWR will presented to the rig will be correct as per the analyser. I don't why the KAT3 still appears to be in circuit when supposedly switched out but at least there is a workaround.
73 de Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF Innisfail, QLD, Australia Elecraft K3 #4257 + KPA500 + PR6 + K144XV = Multiband greatness! ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexander Sack To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:51 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 vs RigExperts SWR meter issue Hello: I just bought an AA-54 RigExperts analyzer. I am tuning a Buddipole which I use with my K3 (25+ countries and counting). The RigExpert says my SWR is 1:2.5 at 14.200Mhz. I also scan the SWR curve with it and I see that I am 1:3 or lower a couple of 100hz around the 14.200 center frequency. I hook my feedline up to my K3, put the KAT3 on bypass, set VFOA to 14.205Mhz and ask if the frequency is in use. I immediately see "HI SWR" on it. I can definitely use the KAT3 to tune out any reactance and my SWR/RF look reasonable (I hit 100on the RF Scale and the SWR meter doesn't go above 2). What am I missing here? I am trying to compare the SWR meter on the K3 against what the RigExperts claims as a learning exercise (1.5 month old ham here). 73 -aps ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
