[Elecraft] K3S odd KAT3A behavior and question

[Jerry Moore]

I only tuned enough to not be on top of the station. 

On October 2, 2015 10:40:28 PM EDT, Bob McGraw - K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
>If I understand this correctly.   It seems you set / tuned the ATU for
>a 
>higher frequency, being the 2nd frequency where you listened, then
>moved 
>back down band with out retuning.  It would seem then the ATU would be 
>set for some frequency other than the one you were receiving.  Yes, 
>going to bypass might indeed likely show a higher received signal.
>
>73
>Bob, K4TAX
>
>On 10/2/2015 2:00 PM, ae4pb at carolinaheli.com wrote:
>> I was playing with my K3S listening to code on 40m. I could clearly
>hear the
>> signal but it wasn't loud. I spun the dial up a good bit and
>listened,
>> nothing heard after about a minute so I pressed ATU Tune. The ATU
>clicked a
>> few times and stopped. I spun back down where I was (somewhere around
>> 7.033MHz) and dialed in the signal. Sounded about the same. Just for
>grins I
>> did a long press ATU Tune (ATU) to BYPASS. The signal immediately
>jumped
>> over S9 (was around S7 before). That didn't make sense so I repeated
>the
>> process a few times with the same results.
>>
>>   
>>
>> Am I wrong to expect a higher signal level with the ATU tuned than
>bypassed?
>
>
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