[Elecraft] Question re TXMON

[Alan Bloom]

There is no reason to disconnect the P3 from the sensor.  The sensor 
can't damage the P3.

I suppose there might be a danger of damaging the sensor if you are 
running high power into a very high SWR, but if it is in a range that 
the K3 ATU can tune, I can't imagine there would be a problem.

Alan N1AL


On 06/07/2016 10:37 AM, Steve via Elecraft wrote:
> I have recently added P3 to my K3 and (surprise!) I love it.  My
> (previously owned) P3 came with TXMON. TXMON works fine with dummy load, but  often
> shows very high SWR readings when K3 ATU is used with non-resonant  antenna.
> I understand that the TXMON "looks at" antenna and doesn't know what  ATU is
> doing. My question is, "Is there any problem or danger to leave the TXMON
> connected when using ATU on non-resonant part of antenna bandwidth? My
> reason to  ask is that tab to release TXMON sensor plug is right up against top
> RS232 plug  and I need to disconnect that plug in order to disconnect TXMON
> sensor  cable.
>
> TNX ES 73 de W3UEC (Steve)
>