Getn's I have been searching for the "safe" swr level for the k3. The reason that I ask this is because the SWR reading on the k3 is differnt than my MFJ 259 and the meter levels on the front of my tuner.
My tuning procedure is to have a switch in the antenna lines so that I first look at the mfj to dial in a very low SWR value. Then I switch the radio back in line and use the tune feature at 15w to check the settings. Sometimes they are spot on with the 259 other times they are not. When I transmitt I also get the SWR bouncing on the amp meter and the k3 if I try to tune to the lowest number on the k3 instead of the meter on the tuner. So what is the correct thing to look at and is this normal Setup is a barefoot k3 to a mfj 962d tuner. Current antenna is an Alpha Delta Trapped dipole. I am not haveing any problem, just trying to understand what is reallying happening in the system. I think that I over think this way too much but if I could find a real referenc for max swr for the k3 and understood what I am looking at it could make me a better operator. Thanks ~73 Don KD8NNU ______________________________________________________________ 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
