[Elecraft] K3: A funny thing happened

[Stephen Prior]

No, I don't have the KAT3 installed, but it sounds as if it might be the
same sort of thing.

Thanks anyway, perhaps it won't happen again!

73 Stephen

On 29/05/2008 16:54, "Phil & Debbie Salas" <dpsalas at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> "I was on 30m cw, swr about 1.1 when suddenly I noticed my output drop from
> 100W to about 40W and the swr had risen to 4 or so."
> 
> Do you have a KAT3 installed?  Doesn't matter if it was bypassed or not.
> Several of us have had similar problems.  In my case, this occurred on 20
> meters, and then again on 30 meters.  And while the SWR wound up recovering
> OK on those bands, I wound up with a residual SWR on 17-10 meters that would
> not go away - and I only resolved this by having the KAT3 replaced.
> 
> I bring this up each time someone reports something similar, as I believe
> there is something here that needs to be addressed.
> 
> Phil - AD5X 
> 
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