Yes, that is the purpose of the TUNE button. "One measure of how close an antenna is to resonance is its SWR (standing wave ratio). The KX3 displays SWR in TUNE mode (pg. 14). “ KX3 manual, page 6
"TUNE is used to put out a CW signal at the power level selected by the PWR control. This is useful with external wattmeters and antenna tuners. If the TUN PWR menu entry is set to a numeric value, rather than NOR, then this value—if lower—overrides the power control setting.” KX3 manual, page 14 wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jun 28, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am working with a resonant 20m vertical. > > With the ATU off, when I press the Tune button I see an SWR reading, is that > the SWR the rig is seeing with the ATU in bypass? > > I assume it is, but I thought I would ask the masses to be sure. > > Thanks > > Rich > > K3RWN > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
