[Elecraft] KX3 ATU not working

[Jay Rutherford]

Hi Folks,

In his posts here and in two or three that I have had with him off line, I think Aaron needs to have a chat with Elecraft support, as Grant suggested. He has taken all the steps suggested (and just now suggested again), with no joy. Maybe the KX3 needs to take a trip to CA.

73 Jay K3BH



On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, at 22:41, Nr4c wrote:
> An SWR of 25.4:1 is usual indicator of Mo Antenna connected. 
> 
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> > On Aug 13, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 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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