[Elecraft] KX3 tx not getting out

[k3ndm at comcast.net]

Bill, 
I don't understand why you should be having such bad luck. I have a KX3 feeding a number of antennas and get out pretty well. I check in to ECARS on 7255 KHz. NA1DX was just down in Aruba with his KX3 and a Buddipole. He worked most of the states and continents. 

I would suspect that the problem is between the radio and the ether. Check and make sure that the coax is good, the SWR of the antenna itself is not too high >2.5:1, and that you are transmitting on the receive frequency; make sure that you are not set up for split operation. This latter point is something that has happened to me a few times. Nothing else comes to mind. My experience has been when the KX3 speaks, hams listen. 

73, 
Barry 
K3NDM 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Haden" <bhaden at flexbrite.com> 
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:29:24 PM 
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 tx not getting out 



I set up two portable antennas, a Buddipole as a dipole and a Chameleon VL1 plus extended Mil pole vertical with 4 grounded radials. They are on a 52 ft. hill overlooking the Gulf of Mexico about 100 yds. away. 
I receive on 6-80 fairly well ( lots of static though )and the internal ATU tunes below 1.5 on all bands. 
I have tried transmitting on every band to every strong received signal but not one reply. 
Don't know if I'm getting out at 10 watts or npt. 
AGC cuts off much of the TX during TX down below 10 but some reads at or above 10. 
Should I turn off AGC ,get closer to the antennas, move the antennas or just hook up my ICOM 7100 and send 100 W ? 
UNUNs on both antennas, lots of coax feed line (100 ' Rg8u on Cham. ,nd 50' LMR 400 on Buddipole, set for 20M ) and antennas are on tripod or clamped to wooden rail. 
This is a field portable exercise so no permanent mounts. 
They are too close together but I am able to receive at S9. 

73 

KF5TEU 

Bill 
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