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Re: KX3 tuner

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No  longer matches any antenna. I press ATU tune and hear relays working.
While  relays click I see 3 watts on led and swr stays at 25.4. Does not
matter what  antenna I use. If I bypass tuner and connect a dummy load it shows
25.4 to 1 swr  also. Planning a trip soon so need it working.  Thanks 72  
George/W2BPI
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Re: KX3 tuner

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Seems like you may have a bad connection between the RF board and the tuner, or between the tuner and the BNC connector. I'd investigate that first. If no luck, try removing the tuner altogether and see what happens into a dummy load. If you contact Ekecraft support, they can help you isolate the problem and propose a solution.

73, Matt VK2RQ

> On 28 Mar 2015, at 5:25 am, George via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> No  longer matches any antenna. I press ATU tune and hear relays working.
> While  relays click I see 3 watts on led and swr stays at 25.4. Does not
> matter what  antenna I use. If I bypass tuner and connect a dummy load it shows
> 25.4 to 1 swr  also. Planning a trip soon so need it working.  Thanks 72  
> George/W2BPI
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Re: KX3 tuner

Bill Frantz
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I had a similar problem with my KX3. My problem included no
receive. The upshot was that the KX3 had been dropped and the
antenna BNC connector had been pushed in just a little. The
clearances are quite tight there, and the antenna BNC was
shorted. I bent the case back into shape, removed the antenna
connector, and fixed the short. Everything works again.

BTW, the schematic doesn't show the antenna low pass filter. I
had to look at the circuit board to be sure that when I was
reading zero ohms resistance across the antenna jack, I was not
reading an inductor. With the jack disconnected from the board,
the resistance should be infinity, or at least very high. (When
it is connected to the board, the resistance is very low.)

73 Bill AE6JV

On 3/27/15 at 11:25 AM, [hidden email] (George via
Elecraft) wrote:

>No  longer matches any antenna. I press ATU tune and hear
>relays working. While  relays click I see 3 watts on led and
>swr stays at 25.4. Does not matter what  antenna I use. If I
>bypass tuner and connect a dummy load it shows 25.4 to 1 swr  
>also. Planning a trip soon so need it working.  Thanks 72
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Re: KX3 tuner

George
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Sent to Elecraft for repair. Q7 and Q2 were replaced. Calibrated and tested to current factory specs. Did a burn in. Works great now. Don't know what I could have done to cause the problems. Cost of repairs and return shipping $237.42. Good to have it back as it is my only rig. 73 George/W2BPI