[Elecraft] KAT2 aligned and working but..

[Tom Hammond]

JT:

Your external wattmeter is BETWEEN the KAT2 and the antenna...!

The KAT2 is providing a match to the K2, NOT the external meter, which is
AHEAD of the KAT2 and in a place where no matching is being done.

Remember, the KAT2 does NOT "TUNE" the antenna/coax, it only provides a
conjugate match to the RADIO... so if you have a 3:1 SWR ON THE COAX,
it's still gonna be there AT THE EXT. meter, but at the K2, the KAT2
will have compensated it down to near 1:1.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS


At 13:04 10/05/2007, JT Croteau wrote:
>So I just finished my KAT2 assembly and alignment.  I even just had a
>nice QSO on 20M using my 40M dipole.  However, while the KAT2 reports
>a nice 1.2:1 SWR and 5.6W POUT and 0.2 reflected, my external
>wattmeter (Elecraft W1) is still showing a horrible match with the SWR
>way off the scale.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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