[Elecraft] K3 - SWR Indication

[Robert Friess]

Hello Geoff,

Which bands were you making the comparison on?

Bob, N6CM

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Geoffrey Downs
<geoffrey at downs.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
> ----- 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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