[Elecraft] KAT100 can't remember 160 meter settings
Charles Greene
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Mon Dec 9 05:05:01 2002
Ken,
Sounds like a cold solder joint. Check/resolder all your joints. Are you
using a balun? Try taking it out an connecting the coax right to the twin
lead. I have a G5 and use a Radio Works 1:1 balun, but it would work as
well without the balun except there might be some of RF on the coax.
At 01:52 PM 12/8/2002 -0500, kce wrote:
>I have verified that it is indeed the antenna here and not the kat100, I get
>the same results with a manual tuner, first tuned the antenna behaves for a
>bid but constant use for extended period of time the Z of the antenna does
>indeed change, especially with weather temp changes, humidity and wind. What
>is tuned to 1-1 this afternoon tomorrow morning will most likely be 5-1.
>ken w8ob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Smith" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 12:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT100 can't remember 160 meter settings
>
>
> > I'm using a G5RV, which seems stable enough once tuned. I don't think its
> > the stability of the antenna though. Before tuning, I get the full 5:1
> > indication on the LEDs that then goes down to 1:1. Onec tuned, it stays
> > pretty low across the CW band I've been using, and doesn't move around for
> > any given frequency. When I power cycle the K2/100 and transmit, I get
>the
> > full 5:1 indication again, until I retune. This doesn't happen on any
>other
> > band.
> >
> > Rich W1EZ
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "kce" <[email protected]>
> > To: "Smith" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 11:34
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT100 can't remember 160 meter settings
> >
> >
> > > Hi I notice a similar problem here, however my problem is due to a very
> > > tempermental 160m 1/2 sloper here that changes Z whenever it feels like
> > it.
> > > When I use 160 I just hit the tune button and she takes er down to 1.1-1
> > > ken w8ob
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Smith" <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 9:48 AM
> > > Subject: [Elecraft] KAT100 can't remember 160 meter settings
> > >
> > >
> > > In working the 160 meter contest this weekend with a K2/100 and KAT100
> > > combination, I find that my 160 meter antenna settings in the KAT100 are
> > > lost on power cycling the K2. The other bands seem to be fine. Is
>anyone
> > > else seeing this? Did I forget to set something?
> > >
> > > Also, every so often after auto-tuning, I get down to a 1:1 match, but
> > > afterwards on transmit I get no power output indicated from the K2/100
> > until
> > > I cycle through some other K2 controls. I don't have any indications
>that
> > > there is RF in the shack. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Rich W1EZ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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73, Chas, W1CG
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