[Elecraft] TUNE before power?

[Ramon Tristani]

I just finished building the K3 and everything seems to be working just fine except that after changing bands I need to push and hold the TUNE button in order for the radio to transmit to full power. It is as if I had to "prime" the radio to enable full power output. I do not have the Auto Tuner installed but my antenna is reasonably flat in the bands where I have been using the radio. After "priming" the radio transmits fine in SSB. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ramon Tristani, kp4ge