Thanks Matt,
I did check both connectors and they are both seated.
73, George W5AGK
On 7/3/2016 11:56 AM, Matt Zilmer wrote:
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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