[Elecraft] BNC connector oddity on KX3

[rich hurd WC3T]

I have three more days of checking various configurations including binding
post antennas, end fed half waves, opening the damn thing up...   Thanks
all for the suggestions.

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org>
wrote:

> Open it up and make sure that the antenna connector is securely connected
> to the ATU board.
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
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> > On Mar 8, 2018, at 11:46 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > So was the antenna and related cabling/connectors good as verified by
> your analyzer at the point of the radio connection?  In some 60 years of
> doing this, I have yet to find the radio to be the problem when it tells me
> it’s looking into high SWR.  There’s a first time for everything, course :-)
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 8, 2018, at 2:23 PM, rich hurd WC3T <rich at wc3t.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> Okay, so I took the plunge and disconnected the KX3 to take with me on
> >> vacation.   Hooking it back up proved to be a tad problematic - SWRs of
> >> 25:1 and no signals from any bands, anywhere.  I'm now working through
> what
> >> options I have, starting with checking female connector deformation and
> >> doing what I can to examine oxidation, and general quarrantining of
> wires
> >> and connectors.
> >>
> >> I also wrote to Elecraft to get a quote for a replacement BNC connector
> >> with the LPF installed - worst case is I'll just start over again with a
> >> new chassis connector.
> >>
> >> Ain't radio fun?   :)
> >>
> >
> > Grant NQ5T
> > K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
> >
> >
> >
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