[Elecraft] K3 Configuration

[Ian J Maude]

Toby Deinhardt wrote:
> Hallo Ian,
>
>> In the manual, once you have finished the calibrations, it says to 
>> turn off TECH MD.
>
> You don't really have to turn off the TECH MODE. The manual, imho, 
> tells you to (suggests that you) turn off the TECH MODE, so that the 
> chance of changing a sensitive menu item by mistake is reduced. I 
> sometimes have it on and sometimes have it off.
Thanks for that Toby.  I am trying to work out why my original 
calibration had changed.  It can only be from firmware updates and I 
guess I was wondering whether having TECH MD set to ON could cause this 
issue?
>
> The SSB power level problems discussed recently on the reflector don't 
> appear to be caused by the calibration at 1mW, 5w and 50W. Elecraft 
> is, afaik, working on a fix, and I assume it will have been dealt with 
> in the next major firmware update. <fingers="crossed">
My calibration was somewhat off.  Having run through it again, I am 
happy enough with the output of the K3.  At 50W on tune I can get 400W 
from my Ranger 811 (about what I would expect).  On SSB however, it is 
only about half that, regardless of mic.

73 Ian

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Ian J Maude, G0VGS
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