[Elecraft] K3 voltage under load

Alan Bloom n1al at cds1.net
Wed Jun 3 14:19:40 EDT 2009


On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 10:59 -0700, hb9brj wrote:
...
> Guess the major problem resulting from voltage drop is a reduced efficiency
> of the KPA3.

Actually, for a given power level the KPA3 probably has better
efficiency.  For lowest heat in the PA, the supply voltage should be as
low as possible that still works at the selected power level.  But the
system efficiency is lower because of the power loss in the cables.

Al N1AL




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