[Elecraft] K3 power output on SSB

[Juha - oh6os]

Not so good behavior on the contest, where is alltime tuning.

juha - oh6os


ab2tc wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> No, please, this is not a power calibration issue! A huge number of K3
> users have complained about this propensity of the SSB power to aim
> "conservatively" for 50-80% of the requested peak power and then slowly,
> very slowly climbing up to the requested power. Once reaching 100% it
> stays there until you perform some kind of QSY operation other than just
> turning the wheel. It is not a huge irritant to me, but an irritant
> nonetheless. If I am in a big rush to have full power on SSB after a QSY,
> I switch mode to TX data FSK D, do a quick squirt of TX and I have instant
> full SSB peak power.
> 
> AB2TC - Knut
> 
> 
> Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> When I whistle to mic and tune my linear amplifier, I notice 
>>> that last watts going up very slowly. Without linear I tested 
>>> and sometimes first 80 watts out normally but from 80 to 100 
>>> watts it takes about 2-3 seconds.
>> 
>> Sounds like a power calibration issue.  Double check the K3 
>> wattmeter calibration, the amplifier gain calibrations and 
>> TXG VCE.  
>> 
>> 73, 
>> 
>>    ... Joe, W4TV 
>>  
>> <snip>
>> 
> 
> 

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