On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:01:19 -0700, "David Yarnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mine works fine on 6 meters! > >Dave W7AQK > Mine Too! Although I do have the power shut down problem intermittently. But I'm sure that will be addressed by Elecraft in short order, so I'm not letting that keep me from operating on 6m. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Elecraft" <[email protected]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:33 PM >Subject: [Elecraft] 6M issues. > > >I've only recently become interested in 6M, up until now lacking >an antenna. So, today I attempted to do the TXG calibration on >50 MHz. Using two different dummy loads I was unable to >accomplish the calibration at either power level, the result was >an indicated output power far in excess of that requested and >a very high indicated SWR (the tuner was in BYPASS mode). >Thinking that the coax length between the K3 and the load >might be an issue, I connected it directly with a male-male >connector to the K3...no difference. > >With all the posts about TX shutdown on 6, has ANYONE been >able to successfully use the K# on 6 meters?? > >Doug >W6JD > >K3/100 #23 You bet! During the openings in the past couple of weeks I've worked over fifty stations on 6 meters, from one end of the USA to the other, and that was casual operating. Good luck doing your setup. 73, Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" An excerpt from a letter written in 1755 from the Assembly to the Governor of Pennsylvania. Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
