K3 internal tuner question

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K3 internal tuner question

Rick WA6NHC
Hello all,

 

The internal tuner on my K3 works great.  It's much better than I expected.
However I've noticed something unexpected, so I'll ask the list(s).

 

I've cleared the tuner memories (K3_EZ) and have gone to often used
frequencies (local 75 meter nets for example) activated the tuner, which
comes to 1:1.  Then over the course of the day, I'm elsewhere in the bands.


 

When I come back to that net channel, I check the tuning before checking
into the net.  The tuner clicks away and may come back with say a 3.4:1
match, so I tap it again and it settles on a 1:1 match and I operate.  The
antenna (a EDZ wire) hasn't moved, no significant weather (or bird) changes.

 

Am I wrong in my understanding that the tuner remembers the frequency and
associated settings for that frequency (per antenna)?  

 

My other concern is that with the limitations of the HRD software (no SWR
reading), I don't know if the tuner settled on 6:1 or 1:1 (no audible clue
either).

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Rick WA6NHC

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