Hello
I haven't used my SB-200 and QSK Master for so long I've (apparently)
forgotten how to hook everything up. Now that we have moved from an
apartment to a house, I would like to start using the amp again. I put
up a temporary 20m dipole fed with 600 ohm open feedline and everything
worked fine without the amp. I could tune 20 thru 10 to full FT-100d
output (provided I varied the feedline length for some bands).
Then, when I tried to introduce the amp and QSK Master, my K3 Logikey
keyer seemed to be overwhelmed by stray RF unless I keep the FT-100d
drive power lower than the amount necessary to produce amplified signal.
The hookup that has problems is:
FT-100d ---> QSK Master ---> SB-200 ---> Tuner ---> antenna
I tried the following hookup and the K3 overloading goes away. But this
setup has very critical antenna tuner settings and the settings for the
amp OFF are completely different than the tuner settings for the amp ON.
FT-100 ---> Tuner ---> QSK Master ---> SB-200 ---> antenna
In both hookups, the FT-100d "ACC" output jack is wired to the QSK
Master "KEY" input jack.
I hope to discuss the problem with someone that has experience with my
components.
Thanks
Frank W0ECS
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