Hi all, I'm currently on a trip and brought my KX3 and Buddistick with me. I also brought along my antenna analyzer. As one does when relaxing.
The analyzer shows that the Buddistick is giving me <= 1.5:1 SWR across the 20m band, and I did a tuner memory clear (I'm using the beta firmware) and fresh tune for 20m on the KX3. It reports 1:1 after doing just a little tuning up. Receive sounds fantastic here in the middle of nowhere. On transmit, however, the SWR meter on the KX3 is showing >=3:1. The signal seems to be getting out admirably; pskreporter.info shows I've been picked up in Japan, Alaska and all the way to the east coast of the US. If I physically grab the shield of the antenna connector, the SWR meter drops a little bit. I wish I had brought my external SWR meter along with me for comparison. If I lower the power output to 0.3W, the SWR meter drops all its bars, but when I increase it to 0.4W, it flickers a bit but goes up to >=3:1. My question is this: could this be just an RF feedback issue due to the relatively close proximity of the KX3 with the Buddistick? The way the coax routing worked out, I'm sitting only about 10-12 feet from the antenna. If so, aside from getting further away from the antenna somehow, are there other suggestions of things that can be done in the field to work around or mitigate the problem? Thanks for any advice, Nick / N6OL -- *N6OL* Saying something doesn't make it true. Belief in something doesn't make it real. And if you have to lie to support a position, that position is not worth supporting. ______________________________________________________________ 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
