[Elecraft] KPA500 Also faulting for High SWR inappropriately

marv marvrossphoto.com marv at marvrossphoto.com
Fri Dec 30 13:46:03 EST 2022


I have pretty much the same symptoms reported by the KPA1500 users here.  The higher the frequency the more likely to see a fault.  10M is the worst one.  The amp shows a 2:1 SWR and that is running it into a tuned KAT500, which shows 1.2:1 and a Daiwa bridge showing 1.1:1 into the antenna.  It's the same on a dummy load.

I don't understand Bob McGraw's logic as if it does require power, my Daiwa is gonna see it.  If I measure the feedline, lightning protection and antenna with a network analyzer I will be doing it with mili Watts.

Cheers,

Marv
W0PSY


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