My K3 has a SWR display next to the RF Power meter in the Display. So it Sounds like the K4 Does Not have that type of Display ?
WA6VAB K3 From: Roger Stein Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 7:11 AM To: Tom Doligalski Cc: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Funny K4 Story Great story and wisdom moment Tom! 73, Roger VA1RST Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2021, at 11:04 AM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Last week Monday I received K4 SN0110. The Brown Truck came at about 2 PM. > > That morning I had checked into an 80M net using my trusty K3. For 8)M is use > an inverted V. All was well. > > Monday afternoon was a frenzy of setting up and using the new K4. Pretty easy > setup. > > All week long I used the K4. All was good, but I was disappointed at signal > strengths on 80M. I kept thinking that the K4 just couldn’t receive well on > 80M! > > Yesterday I was out in the back doing yard work. That’s when I noticed that > the support ropes on BOTH ends of the 80M inverted V had failed, and the the > antenna was lying on the ground! > > We had had a storm come through here Monday mid-day, and my supposition is > that the support ropes had failed. I restored the support ropes, and low and > below the K4 works well on 80M again! > > I normally would have noticed the change in SWR, and realized that I had an > antenna problem. But, of course, I had tuned the K4 for the first time on 80M > when I received it! > > A learning moment (operator error?). Gonna try to check the antennas out a > bit more frequently! > > 73, Tom W4KX > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
