[Elecraft] W2 Utility

[Brian Broggie]

Hi, Bill!

If you send the W2 a "P" via the W2 Utility (or the buttons on the W2 
Interface program) the Peak-Hold LED should come back.  Sending the 
command toggles the feature on/off with each "P".

73,
Brian, W6FVI
Elecraft, Inc.

Bill K9YEQ wrote:
> Bert, 
>
> I had the same issue.  I think when I restarted IE the browser cache cleared
> and then ok. But, until then I thought I had lost part of my brain (along
> with the other parts!).  I have an issue here.  The peak hold no longer
> works.  It was working and then quit.  I had been using QRO and when I shut
> down my K3 and then linked back up to the  W2 I could no longer get peak
> power to work.  I have also had the KUSB fail on me as well, just out of
> warranty, I have switched to RS232 port on my PC.  The KUSB failure seems to
> have messed with my ports so am trying to clean that up as well.  Nothing
> unusual and not caused by Elecraft, but I am now ordering another 232 to USB
> converter.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Bill
> K9YEQ
> K2 #35; KX1 #35; K3 #1744; mini mods
> ATS-3B
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n4cw at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:24 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] W2 Utility
>
> Maybe I missed something here, but I really had to do some serious  
> searching to find the W2 Utility so I could see the display on my (Windows
> XP)  
> laptop. 
> I eventually found it in /software/W2, but somehow I couldn't find a link  
> in any of the official download windows! 
> I was able to recalibrate my K3 power settings much more precisely, but  
> much to my dismay, found the power output (100 Watt setting) dropped from 17
>
> Meters on up. 6M showed output around 90 watts! I don't know where the 
> "loss"  is, and it doesn't matter much to me since I use an amplifier on all
>
> bands.  Maybe I'm expecting too much...
>  
> Bert, N4CW
>  
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