[Elecraft] KAT500/KPA500 pair misbehaving

Brian D groups at planet4.co.uk
Mon Feb 23 15:33:47 EST 2026


"Rob Neece KK4R via groups.io" <kk4r.rob=gmail.com at groups.io> wrote:

> Lying in bed last night, it occurred to me that static build up on the
> antenna might have been a problem.  That doesn't seem to explain why
> turning off the amp let the tuner work OK, but when I shut down for a
> while, the antenna was grounded and that would have gotten rid of any
> built up charge.  It's kind of a long shot but worth mentioning.
> 
There's a 100k static leak across each antenna input.


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