[Elecraft] T1 Tuner green/yellow flashing LEDs

James Bennett w6jhb at me.com
Tue Dec 15 15:54:02 EST 2020


What I meant to say in the second paragraph is that the yellow light will flash if you tap PWR and do nothing else.

> On Dec 15, 2020, at 12:50 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Craig - I built one about two months ago and it’s working fine.
> 
> On mine, to go to bypass, I quickly press the PWR button, then the BYP button. Doing so alternates back and forth between bypass and not. After doing that one-two press combo, the yellow will light up for a second or two if you are in bypass and the green will light up if you are in tune/operate. Note that the label set “tap”.
> 
> The yellow will light up if you press PWR and then do nothing within two seconds or so. I believe that it is telling you the last forward power level.
> 
> Does that help?
> 
> Jim / W6JHB
> 
>> On Dec 15, 2020, at 11:42 AM, Craig Vonilten <ic897d at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I just finished building my T1 kit.  As with their other gear, top notch
>> instructions and quality.  A very solid design.  Power up and test all
>> appear to be functional, although I've not tuned any radials yet, since I
>> wanted to step through the testing.  Everything appears nominal including
>> the inductor testing.  However, when I tested the bypass (IN/OUT) feature,
>> the green/yellow LEDs rapidly flash (alternating pattern).  Pressing (and
>> holding) the BYP button will hold one or the other LEDs, with the pattern
>> starting as soon as the button is released.  No other button combination
>> seems to stop or correct this condition.  I expected to be able to press BYP
>> to select IN or OUT and have a steady green or steady yellow (indicating the
>> bypass condition).  I have to remove the battery to reset the tuner and
>> recover from this flashing LED condition.  As stated, I have not tuned a
>> load yet.  Is this normal?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Craig
>> 
>> N6CAV
>> 
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