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 which is to be expected given the line impeadance for my antennas
is not 50 Ohms resistive. Will likely pick up a vector power/SWR meter
to get a better view of my antennas.
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
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On May 16, 2021, at 12:18 PM, Ray <wa6...@gmail.com> 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
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> 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
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