No Pwr out 20M
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Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Sounds like you might have inadvertently changed the antenna selection — e.g., ANT 2 when your antenna is on ANT 1.
Grant NQ5T K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Kennedy <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. Thanks in advance for any help. > > Jim > W7OUU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Thanks Grant NQ5T, when I have finished this post I will proceed to go wipe off the egg on my face. I had gone thru all bands to be sure I had the correct antenna port selected but after Grants post I figured I had better check that again and found it to be incorrect. All is good now. What a bonehead move. Sri for using up the bandwidth. After 65 years on the air I should have known better. Anyways, thanks guys.
Jim W7OUU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" <[hidden email]> To: "elecraft" <[hidden email]> Cc: "Jim Kennedy" <[hidden email]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 6:04:30 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M Sounds like you might have inadvertently changed the antenna selection — e.g., ANT 2 when your antenna is on ANT 1. Grant NQ5T K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Kennedy <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. Thanks in advance for any help. > > Jim > W7OUU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Not to worry Jim. We have all done it.
When I was a novice circa 1969 or 70, I was helping my brother-in-law, WA9ZES trim his freshly made 40 meter dipole. We could not figure out why the SWR never changed. We made it long to begin with, but still expected the SWR to change. After many trips up on the roof on a very cold day he was sitting at the operating desk musing what was wrong and finally noticed he had the antenna switch switched to the wrong antenna. When he switched to the 40 meter dipole the SWR was 1.9:1 and he said good enough. Now that is egg on your face. 73, Mark, WB9CIF -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Jim Kennedy Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 17:37 To: Grant Youngman <[hidden email]> Cc: elecraft <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M Thanks Grant NQ5T, when I have finished this post I will proceed to go wipe off the egg on my face. I had gone thru all bands to be sure I had the correct antenna port selected but after Grants post I figured I had better check that again and found it to be incorrect. All is good now. What a bonehead move. Sri for using up the bandwidth. After 65 years on the air I should have known better. Anyways, thanks guys. Jim W7OUU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" <[hidden email]> To: "elecraft" <[hidden email]> Cc: "Jim Kennedy" <[hidden email]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 6:04:30 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M Sounds like you might have inadvertently changed the antenna selection — e.g., ANT 2 when your antenna is on ANT 1. Grant NQ5T K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Kennedy <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. Thanks in advance for any help. > > Jim > W7OUU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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We all do it, Jim. At least I do. A few years ago I spent hours trying
to figure out why my new KX3 was shutting off. Then elecraft_support suggested it might be because I had set the timer to turn it off. Duh!. david, kc1dny On 4/29/2019 1:36 PM, Jim Kennedy wrote: > Thanks Grant NQ5T, when I have finished this post I will proceed to go wipe off the egg on my face. I had gone thru all bands to be sure I had the correct antenna port selected but after Grants post I figured I had better check that again and found it to be incorrect. All is good now. What a bonehead move. Sri for using up the bandwidth. After 65 years on the air I should have known better. Anyways, thanks guys. > > Jim > W7OUU > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Youngman" <[hidden email]> > To: "elecraft" <[hidden email]> > Cc: "Jim Kennedy" <[hidden email]> > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 6:04:30 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M > > Sounds like you might have inadvertently changed the antenna selection — e.g., ANT 2 when your antenna is on ANT 1. > > Grant NQ5T > K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > >> On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Kennedy <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Jim >> W7OUU > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Good afternoon, Jim…
Do not be embarrassed. I’m a newly-minted operator and have all kinds of mistakes yet to be made. I can say that I have a lot of experience with computers and cannot tell you how many times the question “is it plugged in?” should have been the first things I checked. I will not estimate the number of hours spent troubleshooting that particular problem. In any event, problem solved and it was a very simple problem to solve. 73 de AG7TX... David Thompson, AG7TX Jack of All Trades Master of None [hidden email] > On Apr 29, 2019, at 10:36, Jim Kennedy <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Thanks Grant NQ5T, when I have finished this post I will proceed to go wipe off the egg on my face. I had gone thru all bands to be sure I had the correct antenna port selected but after Grants post I figured I had better check that again and found it to be incorrect. All is good now. What a bonehead move. Sri for using up the bandwidth. After 65 years on the air I should have known better. Anyways, thanks guys. > > Jim > W7OUU > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Youngman" <[hidden email]> > To: "elecraft" <[hidden email]> > Cc: "Jim Kennedy" <[hidden email]> > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 6:04:30 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No Pwr out 20M > > Sounds like you might have inadvertently changed the antenna selection — e.g., ANT 2 when your antenna is on ANT 1. > > Grant NQ5T > K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > >> On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Jim Kennedy <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I'm new to the list. Just turned on my K3 and noticed I have no power out on 20 meters. I have performed all the normal trouble shooting stuff. The transmitter is fine on all other bands and has normal 100w output on a Bird 43 and Bird dummy load. It makes no difference if the rig is in bypass or ATU. It flashes HI SWR. I also put it on one of my antennas on another band and the tuner performed as it should. I suspect the ATU has gone wacky but wanted to consult here just on the off chance I may have missed something. Any input would be appreciated before I take a deep dive into the tuner. Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Jim >> W7OUU > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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