Re: [Elecraft] KX1 losing its match

@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX1 losing its match I get a very similar problem with my KX1, Lloyd, and it has put me off using it. I can tune it up and it matches nicely, producing almost 4W output. Then unexpectedly while in the middle of a QSO

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 losing its match

I had an identical problem a few years ago with an SGC-239 autotuner that I originally used to tune my attic loop at the feedpoint. It was worst on 10 metres. It was suggested to me that RF could be getting in to the tuner. I thought that was a bad joke, because an ATU ought to be pretty immune

[Elecraft] KX1 losing its match (discussion and remedies)

The KX1 should definitely not lose power output or the KXAT1 change its L-network settings under any normal circumstances. We've tested the tuner and the rig extensively, and I've never seen this happen. The first things that come to mind are intermittent component failures or power supply

[Elecraft] KX1 losing its match

Lately, there have been a bunch of times when I power my KX1 with a 12V supply, activate the tuner to get a match, and the result is 4-5W and a good match. Then, while operating, or just while it's sitting, not being operated, I'll sometimes hear a few relays chatter for a split second, and the

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 losing its match

I get a very similar problem with my KX1, Lloyd, and it has put me off using it. I can tune it up and it matches nicely, producing almost 4W output. Then unexpectedly while in the middle of a QSO the relays will start clattering and the power goes down to 1 to 2W. I have rewound all my