Hmm... alright then. Jim sent me an email with the same conclusion. I need to recheck all my cabling.
I'm a bit surprised that's the conclusion as simply bypassing or turning off the amp but leaving it connected made the problem go away. I have some good cable on there now but can replace each one of them to try it out. I'll report back later on. I really hope it is just this. Kev On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Michael Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kev > > Don is 100% right. > > I would change all the cables and then test with the amp alone and the > tuner alone to narrow it down. > > I spent 3 days debugging an Acom A1000 issue only to finally out I had a > bad jumper cable. > > Mike va3mw > > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Kev, >> >> That behavior can be caused by a coax jumper, either loose or faulty in >> some way. Make sure the PL-259s are tight and if you can substitute the >> jumpers with known good ones - particularly the one between the KPA500 and >> the KAT500 and the one between your transceiver and the KPA500. >> There are as many problems caused by cables as are caused by equipment. >> Some cable problems have no apparent problem at lower power, but rear >> their ugly head at higher power. >> You could also have a higher power problem with your antenna. Switch to >> an alternate antenna or dummy load if possible (tune the KAT500 into the >> dummy load) as a test. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> >> On 11/13/2017 4:41 PM, Kevin der Kinderen wrote: >> >>> Waiting on an answer from Elecraft but thought I'd also check with the >>> group here. >>> >>> I have a Flex 6500 with KAT500/KPA500 combo. It's been working great >>> until >>> very recently. Within the past couple of days I was intermittently >>> reading >>> high SWR when the amp is in operate. In standby or off everything looks >>> good. As of last night it's not so intermittent. >>> >>> In receive when I switch from standby to operate I'm only receiving the >>> strongest of signals. Everything else disappears almost like the antenna >>> was disconnected. >>> >>> When switching between standby and operate I hear a relay clicking. I'm >>> not >>> sure but it doesn't seem to be as loud a click as I normally hear but I >>> can't be sure. >>> >>> With the amp powered down and the Flex set to 100 watts out everything >>> seems to be working fine. I'm afraid my amp is going to take a trip. Any >>> ideas for things to check? >>> >>> 73, >>> Kev K4VD >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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] >> > > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
