Not to worry Jim. We have all done it. When I was a novice circa 1969 or 70, I was helping my brother-in-law, WA9ZES trim his freshly made 40 meter dipole. We could not figure out why the SWR never changed. We made it long to begin with, but still expected the SWR to change. After many trips up on the roof on a very cold day he was sitting at the operating desk musing what was wrong and finally noticed he had the antenna switch switched to the wrong antenna. When he switched to the 40 meter dipole the SWR was 1.9:1 and he said good enough. Now that is egg on your face.
73, Mark, WB9CIF -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Kennedy Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 17:37 To: Grant Youngman <[email protected]> Cc: elecraft <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M Thanks Grant NQ5T, when I have finished this post I will proceed to go wipe off the egg on my face. I had gone thru all bands to be sure I had the correct antenna port selected but after Grants post I figured I had better check that again and found it to be incorrect. All is good now. What a bonehead move. Sri for using up the bandwidth. After 65 years on the air I should have known better. Anyways, thanks guys. Jim W7OUU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" <[email protected]> To: "elecraft" <[email protected]> Cc: "Jim Kennedy" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 6:04:30 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M Sounds like you might have inadvertently changed the antenna selection — e.g., ANT 2 when your antenna is on ANT 1. Grant NQ5T K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power > out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The > transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird > 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or > ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band > and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but > wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. > Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Jim > W7OUU ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
