[Elecraft] Power control on 50MHz

[Julian, G4ILO]

Don Wilhelm-4 wrote:
> 
> That is "the way it is" - at least for the time being.  The Low Power 
> amplifier is limited to 8 watts on 6 meters, as I recall  because of IMD 
> performance.
> 

The IMD of my LPA is quite bad on 10m as well, at least if my KK7UQ PSK IMD
meter is to be believed. It's worse at 5W than it is at 13W which leads me
to believe it is the LPA that is at fault. I have no way of measuring it
accurately, unfortunately. Have there been any mods to the LPA since my
early S/N #222 that might improve this?

I would really, really like the option to disable this switching out of the
100W PA altogether. It seems to be an utterly pointless extra complication.
I never use my K3 portable so the extra current draw is nothing to worry
about.

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