[Elecraft] K3 FM Operation ???

[Charles Harpole]

So many msg abt K3 and FM..... I sit puzzled.... why in the world would one bother to wait and

buy a K3 JUST TO RUN FM???   The K3 is a CW radio..... pure and simple, and the other modes

are just thrown in....  My point is why waste a great K3 on something virtually any radio today

can do well....FM !!??!!   That is, no use for vy narrow filtering in K3 on FM, nor many of its other

features... and there are rcvrs more sensitive if u must have that..... Sign me puzzled.... 73


Charles Harpole
k4vud at hotmail.com

> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 07:36:46 -0700
> From: julian.g4ilo at gmail.com
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 FM Operation
>
>
>
> john petters wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>> My K3 puts out the full 12 watts on FM. Basic rig, no PA, nor ATU. In
>> fact I have been woirking some EU stations on the Sporadic E opening on
>> 10FM today.
>> 73
>> John G3YPZ
>>
> Mine will put out 100W, though it caused a squawking noise to come from the
> shack computer and the mouse pointer to freeze! So I have been working 10 FM
> using 30W. K3 stays cool and I haven't heard any fans come on. I asked for
> audio reports and twice received the reply "beautiful audio".
>
> If you can't get full audio then the only thing I can think of is to check
> the TX Gain calibration on 10m. Can you get full power out on CW at that end
> of the band?
>
> When doing the gain calibration on mine I noticed that the current meter on
> my power supply only showed about 8A for 50W on 10m compared to about 12A on
> the other bands. That struck me as a bit odd (the K2 was least efficient on
> 10m) but it seems to work OK so I haven't investigated further.
>
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