[Elecraft] K3 false SWR indication with SSB

Mark N2QT via Elecraft elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Tue Aug 19 15:15:20 EDT 2014


My k3 flashes a higher swr indication with ssb voice peaks than with a steady carrier.

If using an antenna with 1:1 SWR the bar graph flashes the first segment.  If swr is 1.5:1
all the segments illuminate on voice peaks, as if swr was greater than 3:1.  To reduce the 
uncertainty introduced by my antennas,  I connected a 50 ohm load after an external tuner 
so I could create the 1.5:1 SWR, and got the same results.

I assume this is a benign problem and likely caused by the non simultaneous sampling
of FWD and REV power by the CPU.  

However, if no one else sees this I'll do some more checking.

FW 4.81/2.83 and TX Gain Cal done recently.  

Mark. N2QT


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