Jeff, This variation in power out during tuning seems quite normal to me, and my K2(100) does exactly the same..
It never used to bother me but I recently bought a Emtron DX-1 amp, and it makes tuning the amp pretty tricky.. I only need about 30w to drive the amp to full output, but during tune up the power out from K2/100 will creep up and trip out the Overdrive on the amp. It would be nice to just dial up the required power from the K2 you wanted and get it, but I suppose I'll just have to live with this little quirk. I still wouldn't trade K2 for another radio!! David, VK2NU Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:50:38 -0700 From: "Jeff Kinzli N6GQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question about K2 power meter To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Elecraft Mail Posting <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Don, Thanks for the replies. To answer your questions, the problem occurs into a dummy load. I set the base K2 (without KPA100 connected) to 5.0W, and then TUNE, and it starts at 5.0W and heads upwards to 5.7-6.0W (read from the display, as well as the S-meter). After about 10 seconds in TUNE, it's up to 5.7 or 6W and the next LED on the S-meter is starting to flicker some. Moving the power knob will allow me to bring it back to 5.0W, but the next TUNE will see the power climb back up again. I'm not sure if I should still be looking on the RF board at this point, or start focusing on the control board...? Thanks, 73, Jeff No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.9/773 - Release Date: 22/04/2007 8:18 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
