Re: K3 Power Amp Shut Down Problem

Posted by westalto on
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I see the SWR message frequently when I've switched in the wrong antenna.  (:-(



Doug, W6JD


----- Original Message -----
From: "wayne burdick" <[hidden email]>
To: "Don Nelson" <[hidden email]>
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 9:41:34 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Power Amp Shut Down Problem

Hi Don,

You're right: "HI SWR" is a transitory message. It should probably
switch to a permanent message ("ERR SWR"), requiring a switch tap to
clear, if the conditions persists long enough to force a drop into QRP
mode.

73,
Wayne

On May 22, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Don Nelson wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> I do believe that the K3 cut power because the SWR on the antenna port
> went too high. No I never saw any error message at any time. And that
> is
> my point and basis for the request to have an error message for this
> condition. Scanning the list of error messages on page 64 of the user
> manual dated January 2009, I do not see any error message that states
> that the SWR was detected to be too high.
>
> Please let me know if you do implement such an error message.

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