I suspect it was intentional. From having met him and read a lot about the approach he takes to designing things, he tends to insure that everything Elecraft designs and builds is as "bulletproof" as possible.
Sounds like it was a "failure mode" test of the COR in case the T/R switch failed and the KX3's TX pumped all it's RF back into the RX. Working right, it probably would save a lot of more expensive repairs if the T/R switch failed in the wrong mode.
Of course, it IS remotely possible that it was an OOPS during a late night operating session ;-)
W0EB
> Wayne said
> - a built-in carrier-operated relay (I've transmitted at 10 watts
> into the KX3 without damaging it)
> Which begs the question (at least for me). Was this intentional or
> an "ooops?"
> :-)
> de Doug KR2Q
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