[Elecraft] New KX2 No Transmit

[George King]

I just received my KX2 and really like it.  I have the ATU and battery 
installed.   Receive works fine, but I cannot transmit. When I press PTT 
I get several beeps and in some cases the radio shuts off.  Sometimes I 
get a Hi CUR message.  Here is some data:

7.213 MHz,    Voltage 11.7,   Power set at 8 watts.   When I press ATU 
to tune the tuner works hard and displays 25.4 - 1 while trying to tune 
and never changes.  Is this telling me the SWR is 25.4:1? The antenna 
SWR checked at the BNC connector on the antenna at the radio with an MFJ 
259B is 1.3:1

7.285 MHz,  Voltage 11.7,  Power 8 watts,  SWR checked with MFJ 259B is 
2.0:1.  Same result when I press ATU.

When I bypass the ATU I still get the same result except that I do not 
see the 25.4 - 1 display.

Also, same result on all other bands.  I installed the side panels 
before I tried to transmit.  I thought maybe I had a bad antenna 
connection.  A check with an ohm meter shows a good connection between 
the BNC connector and the antenna connection on the ATU board.

I checked the connector from the ATU to the RF board and it seems to be 
mated properly.  I tried transmitting into a 50 ohm dummy load with the 
same result.  I made a jumper cable with a BNC connect on it and 
connected it to the ATU bypassing the installed BNC connector - same result.

SN is 463, just installed firmware 2.66.  Did not try to transmit before 
upgrading to 2.66 or installing the side panels.  Seems to me I have a 
bad antenna connection somewhere.  Does this make sense?

Any help will be appreciated.

George King           W5AGK