[Elecraft] K2 Power meter

[Don Wilhelm]

Tom,

No adjustment is required.  In CALP state, the tuner must be working 
into a 50 ohm load for accurate power readings.  If you are connected to 
an antenna that has a feedpoint impedance other than 50+j0 impedance, 
you can expect "unexpected" results.
When you change the ATU menu to Auto and do a TUNE, the tuner has done 
its job of providing a 50 ohm match to the K2 and the power out will be 
as requested.

73,
Don W3FPR

Tom Campie wrote:
> This has been beaten over and over I think but I haven't found  
> anything on it yet:
>
> I just got back from the lab at work and used a very well calibrated  
> power meter to calibrate my KAT2 power meter.  Now on 40m at home, I  
> set my power control to 5w and tuner to Pout.  The tuner now reads  
> 2.9w.  Not until I tune the requested power to 8 watts or so does the  
> tuner say I'm putting out 5 watts.  Isn't there a way to adjust it so  
> that the requested power matches the tuner output power so that the S/ 
> Power meter reads the right value?  That's the most annoying part...
>
> Tom
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