The KX3 and all other Elecraft transceivers that use a similar power
control mechanism will attempt to maintain the requested power output.
If the power supply voltage drops, the current must increase to maintain
the requested power output.
That often means that the High Current threshold will be reached even
though everything is OK.
So check the supply voltage if you see High Current indicated -
especially if operating on an external battery.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 12/13/2013 10:59 AM, Gary Hawkins wrote:
Hi Gerry,
The unit does not appear to be hot.
Gary
On 12/13/2013 4:20 AM, Gerry leary wrote:
Is the radio getting too hot?
Sent from my iPhone this time
On Dec 12, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Gary Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ron,
Thanks for your response but could you clarify.
On the 12/10m bands I'm not sure of the VSWR of the antenna, but the
VSWR reported by the ATU was 1 to 1, so basically the amp was
perfectly matched and should have been OK. Now the fact that I had
the radio set for 10W rather than 8W on 12/10m might be an issue if
the KX3 was over driving. However, I'd made the assumption that the
KX3, knowing it's band, would just limit automatically - that might
not have been correct.
Gary KK6GXD
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