[Elecraft] KAT-500 Bypass SWR seems wrong

[Bob Harvey - K2PI]

I've been noticing for some time now, that my KAT-500 bypass SWR seems
completely wrong.  I have resonant antennas that on other meters and even on
my K3 have SWR's that are much lower.  For instance, on 40M and 20M I have a
beam and a resonant dipole, both of which have bypass SWR's of close to 1:1,
but the KAT-500 consistently reports those SWR's as being between 1:7 and
1:8.  

Even on a dummy load this occurs.  

Is my KAT-500 reading the SWR differently, or is something wrong with the
way these frequencies have been memorized?  It otherwise performs just fine,
but when an antenna is resonant, it seldom goes into bypass, as monitored on
the KAT-500 utility.

73
Harv
K2PI



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