Fred, Thanks for the comments.
I know more than I did before but I still do not know exactly what happened. I am now thinking that it is the antenna's fault as much as the loss of power or more so or at least a party to the crime. My bypass SWRs are anywhere close to what they were before so the wind has caused a problem with the antenna match I think. Too dark to check tonight so have to wait until tomorrow. 73, phil, K7PEH > On Dec 10, 2014, at 7:34 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/10/2014 6:46 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: > >> 1. Is it normal behavior to lose saved memory values of tuned >> positions. I checked other spots and nothing is saved on the entire >> 80-meter band — I mean, I had high-SWR on all of my 20 KHz sections. > > It doesn't sound like normal behavior, I imagine they're in EEPROM or > something like that. >> >> 2. Or, is there something else happening. I have heard that the >> K3/KAT500 combo gets messed up if the K3 comes alive before the >> KAT500. Is that possibly what happened here? I was not in the room >> when this happened so I am assuming that power on startup was a race >> and I am thinking that the KAT500 might be first but I don’t know. > > I once fired up the K3 ahead of the KAT500, and while it didn't lose its > mind, things didn't work right. Removing power [really pulling the plugs] > and restoring it with KAT500 ahead of K3 solved the problem. I'm pretty sure > that the K-Line is like everything else in this house that runs on > electricity, "off" isn't really all the way to "OFF." >> >> 3. I am assuming I have to reprogram all my memory locations for all >> three of my antennas (80/40/30 meter dipoles). > > It is human nature to assume the worst when often it's a lot simpler. I'd try > the "real OFF" thing first and re-power in the right order. Our low > impedance/hi-current 21st century gear uses very large capacitors so give > everything a chance to discharge. The KAT500 Utility will let you look at > the current L-C values in the L-network for wherever the tuner thinks it is > tuned, you might try moving through a band and see if they change as you QSY > ... or are perhaps all zero? > > The Pineapple Express is moving into NorCal tonite, we're on a 69 KV tie line > that runs through our pasture between two hydroelectric plants and we don't > lose power very often, but just in case I think I'll pull the plug on > everything before I head for bed. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 > - www.cqp.org > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
