[Elecraft] BNC connector oddity on KX3

[Don Wilhelm]

Rich,

If the BNC connector rotates even a wee bit, that is the problem - 
tighten the BNC jack.  A good connection to the jack shell is required.
"Opening it up" is not a big deal - unless you have the 2 meter option - 
just remove the bottom cover, no more complicated than changing batteries.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/8/2018 3:20 PM, rich hurd WC3T wrote:
> 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
>> CM87wj
>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>>
>>> 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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