[Elecraft] No tx below 1/2 watt

[dave]

Gang,

The Knightlites Milliwatt 'test is coming up.  Sounds like fun.  Was checking out my K2 at 
low outputs to see if there are any problems.  Got a problem.

When I set the tx below about 1/2 watt I get no output.  Appears to work reliably at 0.5w 
but not below that.  Works most all the time at 0.4w.  If I set it to 0.1w, which is what 
I'd like to use, it may work for a while.

Pressing 'Tune' when set to 0.1w kills it consistantly.  I can set pwr to 0.1w and press 
the paddles and it will (usually) continue to work for a while, then die.

I haven't dug into it yet to check the ALC circuitry but am wondering if anyone else is 
having this problem.  Did a Google which turned up nothing, so must not be too common.

Even when there is no output the K2 power indicator shows 0.1 or 0.2 or 0.3 (it alternates 
between these) but an external meter correctly shows no output.


Thanks for the BW.

73 de dave
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