[Elecraft] Firmware bug?

[Julian, G4ILO]

OE5CSP-Chris wrote:
> 
> After installing the latest Beta firmware and utility I realized, that the
> K3 does not pull out more than 85 watt on some bands. The power is set to
> 100 watt. Did anybody notice that?
> 
Have you done the TX Gain calibration on every band (there is a wizard to do
this in the K3 Utility)?

I do notice the power measured by my AV-600 power meter is about 80W on 160m
going up to 90W on 20m and staying at that level right thru 6m. I have
calibrated the K3 at 5W and 50W using a DL1 and DMM which should be pretty
accurate, and I calibrated the AV-600 at the same power levels. Given the
accuracy of most amateur power meters is generally given as no better than
10% of FSD, and the K3 power sensing probably has no better accuracy, I
would say that this is within the limits of measurement error. The
difference between 85W and 100W is not going to be noticeable anyway.

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