Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange SWR reading

2010-01-06 Thread O. Johns
Gents, Problem solved, or at least worked around. I had the TUNE PWR set to 4 Watts. But my K3 SWR reading is inaccurate below 5 Watts. I set TUNE PWR to 7 Watts and now the problem is solved. With the DL1 connected to Ant 1, and KAT3 on BYPASS, pressing TUNE now gives 1.0 on all bands.

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange SWR reading

2010-01-06 Thread O. Johns
setting afterward. Glad it's working for you now! 73 d Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: O. Johns [mailto:ojo...@metacosmos.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:04 PM To: Dick Dievendorff Cc: Elecraft; Gary Surrency Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange SWR reading

[Elecraft] K3: Strange SWR reading

2010-01-05 Thread O . Johns
Dear Dick, I posted this problem on the reflector some time back, but noone picked up on it, so I'll try again. This is a before and after story and has me puzzled. BEFORE: I connected DL1 dummy load to Ant 1 using only a BNC-MtoM and a PL259-FtoF (no coax at all, just small straight-through