[Elecraft] KXPA100 Utility Program

[Phil Hystad]

I have noticed that the KXPA100 utility program does not register forward power or reflected power that appears on the Operate page.  Zero, 0.0, is reported in each field.  The last SWR is reported which I suspect is a tuned SWR and the frequency and band are reported correctly.  And, the switched in capaciance and inductant is reported.

Is there any way setting that allows these fields (forward and reflected power) to be filled in as a result of a signal transmission?

By checking the fault list, I see a few times that I have a fault item of excessive reflected power due to high SWR.  I assume that is the result of a horribly out of wack antenna configuration like operating on 80 meters with a bypass SWR of about 13.1:1 — but,  lately  it has not happened for now that I have been monitoring and obviously avoiding 80 meters.  

I have had my KX3 and KXPA100 for quite a while as backup rig and the KX3 has mostly been used in portable ops but I have been using it more and more these days with 100 watts out from the KXPA100 into a 40/20 fan dipole that gives me “tuned” relatively flat SWR of 1.5:1 or better across the bands.  I know that the raw bypass SWR on 20 meters is 1.75:1 or better as I have operated that way with tuner in bypass mode.  But, the 40 meter segment is about 2:1 up to 2.5:1 in Bypass SWR

As a result of all these figures, I expect my reflected power to be small but continuously register 0.0 for both forward and reflected.  Certainly there is something I have not enabled.

Second question.  My KAT500 tuner application tells me the Bypass SWR but apparently this KXPA100 application does not do that.  Is this correct?

Thanks,
73, phil, K7PEH