[Elecraft] (no subject)

[Vic K2VCO]

Dave Sublette wrote:

> I stopped by to see them at their booth at a large hamfest to discuss
> a problem I was having with their 300 watt amp for two meters.  In
> spite of careful tweaking and adequate drive and power supply, I
> could only get 240 watts output, as measured on my Bird wattmeter, I
> asked the MFJ "engineer" on duty if that was within normal tolerances
> for manufacturing for this amp.  His reply was, "You can't trust
> those Bird wattmeters." I Quickly thanked him for his time and left.
> I could see no reason to waste any more of my time.

Actually, I think the Bird's accuracy is specified as 5% of full scale.
  So if you were using a 1KW slug in the bird, it could have been off by 
as much as 50 watts, brand new.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco