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High SWR no power out

WR5DC
    I have a K3 that quit transmitting on SSB last night so I connected an
SWR/Wattmeter/Dummy Load directly to Antenna 1.  I held down the xmit button
and the display reads 16 watts. 99-1  high swr.   I have the optional
antenna tuner but it is in the bypass mode.   I also tried selecting ANT2
with the same results..   Anyone have any ideas before I send it back to the
factory for repair?

 

Dennis WR5DC

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Re: High SWR no power out

Vic Rosenthal
Make sure the cable to the dummy load is good.

I presume you connected the cable to ANT 2 when you selected it? If not,
try it.

If it is OK on one antenna, take off the cover and check that the
antenna connector that doesn't work is plugged into the KAT3 as it
should be.

Does this happen on all bands? That will tell you if there is a problem
in the lowpass filters or the KAT3.

73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 5 Nov 2015 17:23, WR5DC wrote:

>      I have a K3 that quit transmitting on SSB last night so I connected an
> SWR/Wattmeter/Dummy Load directly to Antenna 1.  I held down the xmit button
> and the display reads 16 watts. 99-1  high swr.   I have the optional
> antenna tuner but it is in the bypass mode.   I also tried selecting ANT2
> with the same results..   Anyone have any ideas before I send it back to the
> factory for repair?
>
>
>
> Dennis WR5DC

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