Hi George,
You should check the two RF cables to make sure they're seated. There is
one cable from the ATU to the RF board (two-pin connector at the RF
board), and another from the BNC socket to the ATU. Both of these need
to be seated in order for the KX2 to work. The 25.4:1 SWR indication
usually means the BNC to ATU cable isn't seated, but I would check both.
73!
Matt W6NIA
On 07/03/2016 09:51 AM, George King wrote:
I just received my KX2 and really like it. I have the ATU and battery
installed. Receive works fine, but I cannot transmit. When I press
PTT I get several beeps and in some cases the radio shuts off.
Sometimes I get a Hi CUR message. Here is some data:
7.213 MHz, Voltage 11.7, Power set at 8 watts. When I press ATU
to tune the tuner works hard and displays 25.4 - 1 while trying to
tune and never changes. Is this telling me the SWR is 25.4:1? The
antenna SWR checked at the BNC connector on the antenna at the radio
with an MFJ 259B is 1.3:1
7.285 MHz, Voltage 11.7, Power 8 watts, SWR checked with MFJ 259B
is 2.0:1. Same result when I press ATU.
When I bypass the ATU I still get the same result except that I do not
see the 25.4 - 1 display.
Also, same result on all other bands. I installed the side panels
before I tried to transmit. I thought maybe I had a bad antenna
connection. A check with an ohm meter shows a good connection between
the BNC connector and the antenna connection on the ATU board.
I checked the connector from the ATU to the RF board and it seems to
be mated properly. I tried transmitting into a 50 ohm dummy load with
the same result. I made a jumper cable with a BNC connect on it and
connected it to the ATU bypassing the installed BNC connector - same
result.
SN is 463, just installed firmware 2.66. Did not try to transmit
before upgrading to 2.66 or installing the side panels. Seems to me I
have a bad antenna connection somewhere. Does this make sense?
Any help will be appreciated.
George King W5AGK
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