[Elecraft] High current reading
Stephen W. Kercel
kercel1 at suscom-maine.net
Thu Sep 7 08:34:02 EDT 2006
At 06:02 AM 9/7/2006, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
>On September 07, 2006 3:00 AM, Darrell VA7TO wrote
>
>
>>I too see the occasional "High Current" reading at the beginning of a
>>transmission. Switching to the "Voltage/Current" display shows current well
>>under the current limit setting.
>>
>>Looks like I am currently having problems with RF getting into my DC power
>>system. I suspect that this might be the cause of the "High Current" reading
>>blips.
>
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>FWIW I have seen the same thing when running my K2/100 into a dummy
>load connected to Ant 2 of my KAT100, usually during a
>"transmission" of dits or voice modulated SSB. Could the cause be RF
>*inside* the K2/100's enclosure getting into the K2's digital circuits?
>
>73,
>Geoff
>GM4ESD
>
Very interesting possibility.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
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