On 23/01/17 02:23, [email protected] wrote: > From: E T <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 RF feedback > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Not sure what it was but I seem to have inadvertently fixed it. I took the > amp out to my Jeep and hooked it up with my KX2 to my screwdriver antenna and > could not reproduce the issue. I brought it back inside and hooked it back > up and it is working ok, so it must have been a loose connection or > something, even though I thought I had unhooked and reconnected everything... > > In the immortal words of Emily Litella, "Never mind!" :-) > > Thanks and 73, > Erik Tkal - W1QED
Hi. You probably have a bad coax-to-connector problem somewhere. If you're using PL259 type connectors, even commercially made and moulded types, it's not uncommon. The outer braid becomes detached at the point where the cable enters the connector. All too common a failing of those things, especially where cheap (braid over foil) type coax is used. (Cheap to the manufacturers, not to you when you perhaps bought a ready made lead...) Hope you find it. A simple loop or very short dipole and diode probe can help. Run the system at a lowish power where it will run without tripping, move the probe around the cables/connectors. You'll find any leakage that way. A good cable will hardly indicate, a faulty one will be "quite lively"... 73. Dave G0WBX. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
