[Elecraft] K2: power out issue on some (but not all) bands

[Ron Hahn EI2JP]

Colleagues,

My rather olde K2 (SN 79) seems to have developed a "power issue".  I  
notice recently that my wattmeter seemed to be reading a bit low on  
17 metres and thought it warranted further investigation.  So, I set  
the displayed power out to 5 watts on each band and here's what I got:

80 - 5.0
40 - 5.0
30 - 5.0
20 - 5.0
17 - 0.7
15 - 2.5
12 - 4.5
10 - 2.0

At first I thought something was wrong with my wattmeter (Oak  
Research WM-2) so I checked with an attenuator and Boonton power  
meter and my measurements are spot on.

On every band the power meter (on the radio) reads at 1/2 of full scale.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for the help,

Ron
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