[Elecraft] Update on KX1 1804
Don Wilhelm
w3fpr at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 26 09:15:51 EDT 2007
Bernie,
First be certain you have adjusted R4 for full clockwise rotation - and
if you still have low power, yes, make the 2 resistor changes for the
KX1 power mod.
73,
Don W3FPR
Bernie Gardner wrote:
>
> The only problem is that the power out with a 13.4V supply, as measured with
> the DL1 dummy load, varies from 2.6W on 30m to 1.9W on 20m, so it is clearly
> below specs. These values are within less than 10% of values from an analog
> Daiwa power meter, so I think they are close to correct. So the question is,
> should I change the two resistors? Is the extra watt on external or 1/2W on
> internal power worth the risk of overdriving the output transistor?
>
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