[Elecraft] some K2 issues

[Lloyd Lachow]

  Last night, I did the C22 correction using WWV, and
after a couple of tries, it worked like a charm, and
it's very close, if not exact - I'm happy. (yes, I
re-ran CAL PLL, etc., after) Also perfected the
"listening to the lowest sounding background noise"
method for tweaking the BFOs for my filter settings,
and now there's little to no change in the pitch of a
received signal in CW or CW reverse...it worked very
well, was easy to do, and I've begun to see how being
able to switch to CW reverse in the presence of some
types of QRM is a great boon. And, of course, the
received signal is smack in the middle of all my
filter settings.  

  Two questions: first, when I "ask for" 5W, I get
about 6.2W, both as shown on the K2 display, and on my
WM-2 wattmeter. I need to only "ask for" 4.3W to get
5W out. Is this normal/typical?  I'm guessing the
"asked-for" power level will be closer to the "gotten"
power level when I've installed my KAT2...yes?

  Second, yesterday, while playing with/operating my
K2, there was a blinking decimal point after all the
numbers, and before the "c." I was reading through the
manual, also operating, trying to find some reference
to that, but didn't, and noticed at some point that it
had disappeared. What was it?

  Thanks!


  LL/K3ESE


		
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