[Elecraft] KX3 ATU not working

Grant Youngman ghyoungman at gmail.com
Tue Aug 13 19:09:49 EDT 2019


It sounds like you need to contact Elecraft support …

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091 KX3 #8342

> On Aug 13, 2019, at 6:42 PM, Aaron <k5atg.aaron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For some reason, I could not reply to the mail list.
> 
> The ATU on my KX3 is not tuning. When I hit the tune button I hear the
> relays and the display shows an SWR of 25.4-1
> Here is what I have done so far.
> Under the menu, the ATU MD is set to Auto
> I hooked the KX3 to a dummy load with a good piece of coax and it still
> showed SWR of 25.4-1.
> I opened the KX3 up, removed the batteries, removed the 2-meter
> transverter, and removed the ATU. The cable from J1 to the BNC was well
> connected at both ends.  Upon inspection, I could find no loose cables or
> parts in the rest of the KX3.
> I reassembled everything and I am still getting an SWR of 25.4-1 with the
> dummy load.



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