[Elecraft] Unstable AGC?

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

What bands would this be happening on?  Sounds awful familiar.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

| After adjusting the transmitter for either SSTV or PSK31, with any of 
the
| standard programs, the output stubbornly falls off to less than a watt,
| unpredictably.   When I first adjust the output for PSK31, for instance, 
the radio
| idles at 3 watts and jumps to well over five watts when there is 
signal--and can
| even jump to nearly 7 watts when the program goes into the steady tone 
before
| it changes over to transmit.   I'm keeping the K2 output setting via the 
front
| panel power control at five watts.