[Elecraft] KAT2 problem

Mon Jul 1 13:13:01 2002

Helmut:

Connect your dummy load directly to the antenna jack using an interseries
adapter.  I couldn't figure out my problem with hi swr until I did this and
found that I had a slight problem with the cable connecting the two !

Jamie
WB4YDL

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Helmut Usbeck
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] KAT2 problem

Completed K2 (#2698) a week ago and had several contacts on 40
meters.  The ATU seems to be functioning OK...or so it seems.  This
past weekend spent some time getting more familiar with the rig and
discovered that when tuning up into a 50 ohm dummy load I get an SWR
of 4 to 7 along with a high current indication on all bands above but
not including 30 meters.  On 80, 40 and 30 meters I get 1.1 to 1.4. I
can't write the high SWR off to stray capacitance, since this is a
good load and have used it with other rigs.  I checked out my wiring
on the ATU several times but did not find any errors.  But then again
I've been inhaling alot of rosin fumes of late.  Anyhow the only
questionable thing is that I noticed that a couple of the coils I put
in, the winding is opposite that of shown in the diagram on page 8 of
the KAT2 manual.  Is this the cause of my high SWR?
Any thoughts, or solutions will be appreciated.

Regards,
--
Helmut Usbeck...WB2ADT, [email protected] on 01/07/2002

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