[Elecraft] Contesting with my K2

[Ken Alexander]

Hi Don,

Yeah, it's strictly a wish list item...far from a deal
breaker.  I turned the power way down during the
contest when I was changing bands and didn't want any
Hi Current messages popping up.  I was also intersted
to see how little power was required for the T-1 to
work.  

Naturally, there were several occasions where I forgot
to turn the power back up to 5W, and on those
occasions I actually made a few contacts with 1 watt
or maybe even a little less!  I kicked myself for
forgetting, but I was also mightily impressed that I'd
managed to cross the Atlantic with so little!

73 - Ken

P.S.  If it requires one of the tuners to be
connected, do you think that a properly installed
jumper or a few components would trick the K2 into
thinking a tuner had been installed?  Just curious.




--- Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Ken,
> 
> The power reduction algorithm is in the K2 firmware,
> but it is not active
> unless the KAT2, KAT100 or KPA100 are installed.  It
> would take a firmware
> change to limit the power with all TUNE operations,
> and those of us who
> repair and align K2s would miss the ability to dial
> in any power level with
> those options removed, but I guess we could get
> along if TUNE limited the
> power all the time.  To further complicate matters,
> several of the manual
> Alignment and Test procedures and the
> Troubleshooting section would have to
> be changed as well.
> 
> I do not believe Wayne Burdick has time available to
> change the firmware
> right now, but he may be willing to add it to the
> 'wish list' for the next
> firmware upgrade.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Hi Mark and Leigh,
> >
> > I'm using an Elecraft T-1 external tuner, which I
> also
> > use (less and less) with an FT-817.  It would
> still be
> > a nice feature for those who use an external
> tuner.  I
> > didn't know about its ability to reduce power for
> > internal tuner operation because I don't have one.
> >
> > I wonder if that's something the tuner instructs
> the
> > K2 to do?  If it's internal to the K2 then it
> would be
> > a neat fuction to be able to turn on and off for
> > external tuner use.
> >
> > 73 - Ken
> >
> >
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