[Elecraft] KAT500 drops out during voice peaks

[Ken WA8JXM]

Something arcing over on voice peaks would do what you describe.   Are
there any weak insulators or spots where something might arc?

Ken WA8JXM

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:45 PM David F. Reed <w5sv.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> It might help if we knew more about the antenna system; what antenna,
> balun, power rating of them vs. power running, RF feed back in shack,
> any other info might help us point at what to look at...
>
> I used to have some similar events, and got rid of them with a
> combination of toroids and current chokes in feed line; was suffering
> too much RF in shack, and this fixed it for me.
>
> 73 de Dave, W5SV
>
> On 02/04/2022 12:20 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:
> > I've been having my tuner go to high swr a random voice peak.
> > The utility shows the right settings after a drop out but the Amp Key
> Interrupt box is checked.
> > And the swr showing on the LEDs is high.
> > Not sure what is going on.
> > I get it back to operating at low swr by doing a tune.
> >
> > ​Chuck Hawley
> >   c-hawley at illinois.edu
> >
> >   Amateur Radio, KE9UW
> >   aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles
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