[Elecraft] RE: K2 power dropping off

[Phil Wheeler]

Looks good to me -- but I am not particularly astute.

Phil

DAVE HEALY wrote:

>Thanks to all you kind folks that have responded to my plea for help.
>
>Yes, I have the current limiter set to 3.5A.
>
>I went ahead and hooked the K2 up the to Astron VS-35M power supply.  Set the output voltage to 14.2VDC on the Astron which gives me 13.6VDC on the K2.
>
>The dummy load is a new MFJ-264 (1-650 MHz).  (sigh)
>
>Here are the new readings with the wattmeter reading shown first and the K2's readout shown last.
>
>             wattmeter - K2
>3700   -   18.1   -   18.2
>7100   -   16.0   -   16.5
>10100 -   14.0   -   15.4
>14100 -   13.5   -   15.0
>18113 -   13.0   -   14.9
>21200 -   12.0   -   14.6
>24950 -   11.0   -  13.8
>28350 -   10.0   -   12.0
>
>What does that tell you astute guys?  Does it meet specs in you eyes at these voltages, or is it still a little low?
>
>(I need another wattmeter and dummy load, don't I?)
>
>Thanks!
>
>-dave-  N7DKK
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