[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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