[Elecraft] KXPA100 hangs tuning 6m

[george allen]

Have had similar problems.  Putting split ferrite cores on power supply, computer, key, cables solved the problem.  Try lowering your power out to a couple of watts.  If the problem goes away, you have RF getting in somewhere.

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> On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:11 PM, "etksubs at gmail.com" <etksubs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I recently got a KX3 and KXPA100.  I have a Cobra UltraLite Kid up in my loft with a 4:1 balun and coax down into the floor below.  I can tune most bands fine (I don’t do 80/160 due to plasma TV noise next door).  However, when I try to tune the KXPA100 at 6m it often hangs in transmit.  Or it stops with two dashes displayed.  If I check the antenna with my RigExpert AA-600, the low end of the band is between 3:1 and 4:1, whereas the upper part goes as low as 1.08 around 53 MHz.  I just went to 50.100MHz and pressed tune the display on the KX3 shows 3.1 and is stuck with the xmit light on until I press tune again.
> 
> Has anyone seen this?
> 
>  Thanks and 73,
>  Erik Tkal  -  W1QED
> 
> 
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