[Elecraft] KPA3 Power calibration

[Julian, G4ILO]

Evert Bakker (PA2KW) wrote:
> 
> Just a question about the power calibration of the K3as the procedure is
> not
> clear to me.
> 
>  
> 
> 1)       Select 160 m.
> 
> 2)       Set the power knob to 5W (on the K3-LCD display)
> 
> 3)       Set the K3 in Tune 
> 
> 4)       Measure the output power with an external power meter (I'm using
> a
> LP100) into a 50 Ohm dummy (using a professional one).
> 
>  
> 
> And now: What to do if I have a difference between the commanded (5W)
> output
> and the measured output (say 7W) ???
> 
>  
> 
The Low Power Wattmeter Calibration procedure described on page 48 of the
manual. Followed by the Transmitter Gain procedure on each band.

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