6M issues.

[w6jd]

I've only recently become interested in 6M, up until now lacking
an antenna. So, today I attempted to do the TXG calibration on
50 MHz.  Using two different dummy loads I was unable to
accomplish the calibration at either power level, the result was
an indicated output power far in excess of that requested and
a very high indicated SWR (the tuner was in BYPASS mode).
Thinking that the coax length between the K3 and the load
might be an issue, I connected it directly with a male-male
connector to the K3...no difference.

With all the posts about TX shutdown on 6, has ANYONE been
able to successfully use the K# on 6 meters??

Doug
W6JD

K3/100 #23
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[w7aqk]

Mine works fine on 6 meters!

Dave W7AQK

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Subject: [Elecraft] 6M issues.


I've only recently become interested in 6M, up until now lacking
an antenna. So, today I attempted to do the TXG calibration on
50 MHz.  Using two different dummy loads I was unable to
accomplish the calibration at either power level, the result was
an indicated output power far in excess of that requested and
a very high indicated SWR (the tuner was in BYPASS mode).
Thinking that the coax length between the K3 and the load
might be an issue, I connected it directly with a male-male
connector to the K3...no difference.

With all the posts about TX shutdown on 6, has ANYONE been
able to successfully use the K# on 6 meters??

Doug
W6JD

K3/100 #23
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[John-483]

At 02:33 PM 27/05/08, you wrote:
>I've only recently become interested in 6M, up until now lacking
>an antenna.

Me too! But, I got interested with all the chatter about great times
on 6M coming up.

SoI tried it a couple of weeks ago, 6M, I had no output at all. I
still don't. I've been working with Gary checking various voltage
readings, etc. No luck yet. My K3 had just come back from Aptos for
another problem it had. I when received it, it was pronounced "meets
or exceeds all specs". I hadn't opened it up since I got it back and
never bothered to check it on all bands at that time.

I'm watching with great interest at how these 6M problems play out. I
really don't want to send it back again, shipping costs are
expensive. I did learn one thing, when you're in ATU BYPASS mode,
you're not really bypassing all components in the ATU. I guess kind
of a pseudo bypass.

My K3/10 is a kit, #501. It came with the ATU, which didn't respond
to the I/O buss from the get go, along with a couple other things. I
thought at the time it would have been nice to have the KANT board to
fall back on. I got the ATU because of the dual antenna ports. In
hindsight, I would recommend anyone buying a K3 hold off on the ATU
until the K3 is shipped, then order it. That way you will always have
a fallback if the ATU fails.

I'm not knocking Elecraft, the service I got and am still getting is
great, and I feel it will all work out.

John
k7up
K1, 2 K2's, K3




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[N5GE]

On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:01:19 -0700, "David Yarnes" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>Mine works fine on 6 meters!
>
>Dave W7AQK
>

Mine Too!  Although I do have the power shut down problem intermittently.  But
I'm sure that will be addressed by Elecraft in short order, so I'm not letting
that keep me from operating on 6m.

>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[hidden email]>
>To: "Elecraft" <[hidden email]>
>Cc: <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:33 PM
>Subject: [Elecraft] 6M issues.
>
>
>I've only recently become interested in 6M, up until now lacking
>an antenna. So, today I attempted to do the TXG calibration on
>50 MHz.  Using two different dummy loads I was unable to
>accomplish the calibration at either power level, the result was
>an indicated output power far in excess of that requested and
>a very high indicated SWR (the tuner was in BYPASS mode).
>Thinking that the coax length between the K3 and the load
>might be an issue, I connected it directly with a male-male
>connector to the K3...no difference.
>
>With all the posts about TX shutdown on 6, has ANYONE been
>able to successfully use the K# on 6 meters??
>
>Doug
>W6JD
>
>K3/100 #23

You bet!  During the openings in the past couple of weeks I've worked over fifty
stations on 6 meters, from one end of the USA to the other, and that was casual
operating.

Good luck doing your setup.

73,

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