[Elecraft] Psk

[G4ILO]

Stephen Prior wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the advice David, I shall do as you and Dave KD1NA suggest - at
> least that way I suspect the setting of the output level from the
> soundcard
> will be less critical.  With other radios I have owned such as the
> IC-7400,
> it was recommended practice to have the power control at 100W and set the
> output power on psk solely by audio input level - it was a bit touchy
> sometimes!
> 
> I have a fan sitting on top of the heatsink, it's blowing down at the
> moment
> and that seems to cut down the amount the noisy little fan comes on quite
> noticeably.
> 
I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned it but I am sure one of the changes
introduced way back when the revision 2 firmware was released for the K2 was
to add a "soft" ALC in data mode that did not have an adverse effect on
signal quality. Perhaps Lyle can comment since I am sure that he originally
came up with a mod for this that was eventually incorporated in later
production models.

I set the power control to 5W on my K2/10 and adjust the audio level so that
1 bar of ALC is showing. This gives a consistent output level that does not
normally need to be readjusted even when changing bands.

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