JT,
Unless you have somehow placed the W1 between the K2 and the *input* to
the KAT2 (not an easy feat), you will not see any reduction of SWR on
the antenna transmission line.
The KAT2 (or any tuner for that matter) does not change the antenna, it
just adds inductance and capacity to reduce the SWR at *its* input - the
SWR at its output will remain the same.
So, no problem, what you are seeing is the expected behavior. If you
feel you must reduce the SWR between the KAT2 output and the antenna,
you will have to work on the antenna itself. If you are feeding with
coax, that may be a concern, but if you are feeding the antenna with low
loss parallel transmission line, all should be good.
73,
Don W3FPR
JT Croteau wrote:
So I just finished my KAT2 assembly and alignment. I even just had a
nice QSO on 20M using my 40M dipole. However, while the KAT2 reports
a nice 1.2:1 SWR and 5.6W POUT and 0.2 reflected, my external
wattmeter (Elecraft W1) is still showing a horrible match with the SWR
way off the scale.
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