Fwd: [Elecraft] [K3] CQ WW WPX RTTY - a mini summary

[mark roz]

Toby,

I was operating RTTY AFSK mode. Driving K3 from my
computer sound card. I was using VOX or PTT.
At the start of transmission the output power of the
K3
would jump to 50W. However the power of K3 was 
adjusted to 25W level. So, K3 would put out 50W at
first and than quickly go back to proper level of 25W.

This would put my AMP in to fault every time.
Does anybody know what am I doing wrong?

Mark  

--- Toby Deinhardt <dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:17:03 +0100
> From: Toby Deinhardt <dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de>
> To: 'Elecraft Reflector' <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> CC: Bernhard Buettner <ben at dl6rai.muc.de>,
> 	"dk3yd at darc.de >> Hans Gall" <dk3yd at darc.de>
> Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] CQ WW WPX RTTY - a mini
> summary
> 
> Just got home from our local club station.
> 
> For my first ever shortwave RTTY and my VHF RTTY
> experience is a couple 
> decades old, i.e. before packet radio, I must say I
> am very happy how 
> easy the K3 could be set up and how well it worked.
> Especially as an 
> almost absolute beginner in this mode, there were no
> serious hick ups, 
> not one. Mni thx to Ben, DL6RAI, who helped set up
> the laptop software.
> 
> I did notice one strange thing, and am wondering if
> anyone else saw 
> this. I used FSK and not AFSK, and when the FSK line
> is toggled, the 
> power output goes up and down. The power meters in
> the K3, the PA, the 
> matchbox and the SWR meter were a tad nervous while
> transmitting. As 
> long as the K3 transmits an unmodulated signal the
> power level is stable.
> 
> At any rate, after 930 QSOs and with a claimed score
> of just under 1.5 
> million, I can say I am one happy ham.
> 
> vy 73 de toby
> 
> 
> 
>   BAND   QSO DUP  PFX  POINTS   AVG
> -----------------------------------
>     80   274   0  134    1026  3.74
>     40   492   0  242    2076  4.22
>     20   164   0   52     400  2.44
>     15     0   0    0       0  0.00
>     10     0   0    0       0  0.00
> -----------------------------------
> TOTAL   930   0  428    3502  3.77
> ===================================
>        TOTAL SCORE : 1 498 856
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