With internal tuners on everything I have stopped using power/SWR meters on my rigs. If you are matching your antenna before you get to the meter the meter just won't tell you anything useful. I suppose I could put one between the KPA500 and the KAT500 But I don't use it often and the KPA has the barograph meters as well as the digital display anyway.
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:44 AM Tom Azlin W7SUA <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an external meter on each of my antenna feedlines so I know the > actual SWR for each antenna. Also see a difference in the reported power > out on my (still) K3 versus the power reported on the external SWR/PWR > meter. > > Tom w7sua > > On 5/16/2021 4:40 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: > > I believe the SWR meter in the transceiver is at the input of the > > internal tuner, not the output. Since it always reads close to 1:1 when > > the tuner is engaged you may not notice if the antenna has a high SWR. > > > > Alan N1AL > > > > > > On 5/16/2021 5:10 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> The K4 shows all four TX bar graphs simultaneously: power, SWR, ALC, > >> and compression. In addition you can select numeric display of power, > >> SWR, supply voltage and current drain for the status area, which > >> defaults to date/time. > >> > >> Wayne > >> N6KR > >> > >> ---- > >> elecraft.com > >> > >>> On May 16, 2021, at 12:18 PM, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >>>> On May 16, 2021, at 11:04 AM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> ... > >>>> 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] -- Jim K0XU [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]
