[Elecraft] W2 fault?

[Michael Walker]

I would send an email to support at elecraft.com with the details.

They usually respond to me within hours.  I know as I have been having
issues with my KRC2 holding its mappings.

Mike va3mw



On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I would try another sensor before digging into the W2 proper.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>
> On 4/23/2014 8:43 AM, Steve Bunting wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>> I have a W2 Watt meter and 2KW sensor that I haven't used for some time. I
>> loaned it out to a club mate who reported it DOA. The unit self-tests OK
>> and I've swapped the 8 way RJ45 cable for an out of the packet new one.
>> I've tested it thoroughly on my bench and have found a few issues that I
>> would like help resolving:
>>
>>
>> When the sensor is plugged into port 1 I get full scale (high) SWR with no
>> rf applied. When RF is applied no forward power is registered.
>>
>>
>> When I plug the sensor into port 2, the meter functions, but 100W input
>> from my K2 is reported as 80W. I have checked the K2 with other power
>> meters and the all say 100W +/- 5%. The W2 also reports an SWR of 1.5:1
>> when I use any of my dummy loads (or antennas!). They can't all be bad on
>> every HF band!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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