[Elecraft] K2/100 - Power investigation

[David Wilburn]

After trying unsuccessfully to get email to take data in tabs, I ended 
up just putting the information on my website.  Sorry for the trouble.

I was playing with an assortment of power meters, and noticed my K2 
was reading lower than I expected.  The closes things I had to a 
gauge, was an IC-703+ that had just been to the shop, and repaired, 
thus I felt it was likely to be putting out 10w.

When I compared a Bird 43 with an element I picked up on line, and one 
that came with it, it read a bit low.  But when I used an MFJ949e, it 
was right on.  Gotta run with what I have.

So I checked out the K2/100 at what it said was 10w/53w/111w (Full 
Power).  And I got the results, that are displayed here;

http://www.k4dgw.com/k2.html

The 10w settings seem a little bit more dispersed than I would have 
thought.  The 10m, 12m & 20m 53w settings seem a bit low.  Then at 
what the rig says is 111w/Full Power, the rig seems even lower.

Do I need to go back through and run the power calibration, or should 
I start troubleshooting?

I have a KAT100, that was powered down, and the power was taken out of 
the back of the K2/100.
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Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982