[Elecraft] KAT500 tuning behavior when the load is impossible to match ?

[Don Wilhelm]

Phil,

It is indeed possible to match a very high SWR or even an open circuit 
or a short.
That will be more probable on the higher frequency bands than on the 
lower bands.

73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/2/2017 12:42 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> I got my second KAT500 tuner to use with my new backup rig and while setting up and testing and tuning with my two different antennas I made a mistake.
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> I first observed the results displayed on the utility program operate page where the tuned SWR was 1:1 and the bypass SWR was something like 54:1.  I immediately realized that something was not right and discovered that my coax cable was not switched to the antenna but rather my dummy load but the cable to the dummy load was disconnected (because I was moving things around).
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