[Elecraft] K3 FIRMWARE UPDATE: MCU 1.87, DSP 1.69 (Finally!)

[G4ILO]

After posting about my problem with not getting the dialled up power output
in DATA A mode, it occurred to me that perhaps it might be a good idea to
run the Low-Power (5W) Wattmeter Calibration. When I assembled my K3 I never
had to touch this adjustment because it produced 5W as accurate as I could
measure it right out of the box.

Well, now I can't seem to get this to work.

I tuned to 20m (14.071 fwiw), put the ATU out of circuit and connected my
dummy load power meter to ANT1, which is selected. I set PWR=5.0. In the
CONFIG menu I located the WMTR LP menu entry, which has the value 100. When
I press TUNE the power meter reads 3W, which perhaps not coincidentally is
the power level I set for tuning using the TUN PWR menu entry. When I press
TUNE the SWR is displayed not the value of WMTR LP, and rotating the VFO A
knob seems to have no effect on the output power anyway.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the power meter calibration as
PWR=5.0 produces 5W on CW and FM, but how exactly is the low power wattmeter
calibration supposed to work?

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Julian, G4ILO  K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392
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