[Elecraft] High SWR into Dummy load

Matt Zilmer mzilmer at verizon.net
Sun Feb 13 15:02:43 EST 2011


Make sure you have the ATU and coax to ANT1, 2 hooked up right.  You
can be a good view of this from the outside.

matt W6NIA

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:51:36 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>Hi, I just finished putting together my 2nd K3,  downloading all the 
>firmware, etc., and find that while everything seems to work  fine, my SWR is 
>astronomical -- like 15 to 1 after the antenna tuner has looked  for a good 
>match, and that's into a 50 ohm Elecraft dummy load.
> 
>This is a K3-10, with KAT3, KDVR3, KXV3A, KIO3,  KUSB.
> 
>Before I tear it apart again, I'm just wondering  if there's something 
>obvious that I'm overlooking.
> 
>Thanks in advance for any  suggestions.
> 
>73, Dave
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