[Elecraft] K2 - Low power

[Phil Wheeler]

Dr. Charles Vogan wrote:

>Help!  I just assembled my K2, and did the adjustments as best I could without fancy equipment.  
>Recently I bought and assembled an Oak Hills QRP Wattmeter, and (to my dismay) it shows that I'm running less than half the power I thought I was on the K2 on all bands. (It varies from about 40% down to 20%, depending on the band. I don't think it's the wattmeter.)
>As per the manual, I checked the transmitter section, and the readings were OK except for the Q7 collector - 68 ohms instead of >500. 
>I'm kinda green on the technical side, so whatever fix is necessary has to be step-by-step in the dark! 
>Thanks!
>

I don't have the manual at hand, but the diff between 68 ohms and >500 
does sound significant!

OTOH -- do not always assume meters are necessarily accurate.  When I 
built my WM-2 a few years back, there was a "kitting problem" and it was 
off by close to a factor of two.  I sent it back to Oak Hills and they 
fixed it.

73, Phil