[Elecraft] Re: K3 Output Isolation

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:48:45 -0500, "Tom Childers, N5GE" <n5ge at n5ge.com> wrote:

>I just installed a new direct feedline on my 6m Yagi and hooking it up to
>Antenna 2.  When I tested it I was horrified when I saw infinity SWR on my W1
>power meter.  Then I realized the watt meter was not in the 6m feedline and the
>rig was happily displaying a 1:1 SWR.
>
>Hmm, that means there is output on ANT 1 when ANT 2 is selected.  I switched the
>ANT 1 connection to a dummy load and the W1 was showing .1 watt output from ANT1
>with a 1.2:1 SWR.
>
>Is my Factory rig #806 the only rig with this leakage or is it a known issue? If
>so is there a fix for it?
[snip]

The issue was corrected this weekend when I replaced the shack to tower
feedlines for 6m, 2m and 70cm with LMR600, so the person who suggested it was
coming in on the HF feedline was correct.

73,

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