[Elecraft] Config:Wattmeter

[Ken K3IU]

Hi Steve:

You're right. There is a disconnect between the manual and how the 
firmware acts. There is a work-around, though. If you set up per the 
instructions with the external wattmeter in line to a dummy load, set 
power to precisely 5.0 watts for LP adjustment, go to CONFIG:WMTR, you 
will see a number above (mine 073) and WMTR  LP below. The work around 
goes like this...

*Press/Hold* the XMIT/TUNE button. This puts K3 in transmit mode. Look 
at the external wattmeter and note the reading. If it does NOT read 5 
watts, then *Tap* the XMIT/TUNE button and you will be back in the 
CONFIG:WMTR menu. Adjust the Number by rotating VFO A knob. [I think if 
the power on the external meter was greater than 5 watts, you increase 
the number, but you can check]. Then repeat the above...Press/Hold 
XMIT/TUNE, note reading, Tap XMIT/TUNE to get back to the CONFIG:WMTR 
for additional adjustment if any is necessary. When you are done, Tap 
the Menu button.

Hope this helps...

73,
Ken K3IU


Steven.Zabarnick at notes.udayton.edu wrote:
> This bug in the wattmeter calibration still exists in the latest firmware.
> Pressing XMIT during the wattmeter calibration does not transmit, and
> pressing TUNE does not permit a change of the calibration paramter. On the
> other hand keying the rig via a keyer does allow the calibration to be
> performed.
>
> Steve N9SZ
>
>   
>> Using the latest 2.80 firmware, I find a problem I didn't have with
>> prior versions.  It may be unrelated to the firmware change.  I have
>> only been using the radio for two weeks.
>>     
>
>   
>> TECH MD set to ON and select CONFIG: WMTR LP or HP.  The display shows a
>> three digit number.  When I hold TUNE, the display changes and shows
>> SWR.   The VFO A knob does nothing.
>>     
>
>   
>> I had set the wattmeter calibration earlier and all went as described in
>> the manual.
>>     
>
>   
>> Firmware bug??  Operator error??
>>     
>
>   
>> 73 de K1ESE
>> John
>>     
>
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