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Re: K3 - SWR Indication

Posted by Geoffrey Downs-2 on May 04, 2009; 4:48pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-SWR-Indication-tp2784793p2788264.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ellington" <[hidden email]>


> Geoff
> Try putting a 50 ohm dummy load in line and see if the K3 and your ext.
> meters read the same swr. This will take reactance and inbalance out of
> the picture.

Thanks Steve. I did try that and with a 50 ohm dummy load all three meters
show the same 1.0:1 SWR. It seems that the K3 meter responds differently
from the other two to reactance in the load.

73 to all

Geoff
G3UCK

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