[Elecraft] K3 - SWR Indication

Geoffrey Downs geoffrey at downs.globalnet.co.uk
Mon May 4 12:48:44 EDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq at carolina.rr.com>


> Geoff
> Try putting a 50 ohm dummy load in line and see if the K3 and your ext. 
> meters read the same swr. This will take reactance and inbalance out of 
> the picture.

Thanks Steve. I did try that and with a 50 ohm dummy load all three meters 
show the same 1.0:1 SWR. It seems that the K3 meter responds differently 
from the other two to reactance in the load.

73 to all

Geoff
G3UCK 



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