[Elecraft] K2 Just Built and have Power fluctuation problem

[John Bahun]

I just finished the basic K2 and am going through the alignment.  The receive alignment went well.  I then built the transmitter part and am trying to do the 40 meter transmitter alignment.  It says to set power to 2.0 watts.  I move the power control and the LCD shows 2.0 watts but when I hit the TUNE button - I get varying results - anywhere from .3 to sometimes 5.7 watts - It does seem to change when I tune L1 and L2 but the basic power output seems very unstable.  If I raise the Power control - generally the power output does go up but once again - it does not track accurately.  Unfortunately - I do not have an external Wattmeter so I am trusting what I am seeing on the K2 display.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

John J. Bahun - WB8UFA
Apple Engineer - Software
Apple Computer Inc.