[Elecraft] K3 MCU 4.17 (APF beta) kills SSB output?

[Fred Jensen]

OK, my SSB output was low too.  I'm on phone so rarely, were it not for 
the reflector, I'd probably never have checked and when I did find out, 
the thread would have already died.  I did the TX Gain calibration as 
Wayne suggested, all seems to be well on all bands.  Apparently, the DL 
in my MFJ tuner isn't all that 50 ohms-ish on 6m, but the trusty Heath 
Cantenna is.

The APF feature is really quite amazing.  I have to miss SS CW, family 
stuff, but I'm anxious to try it out for real.  It already got me 9U0A, 
he was whisper weak, maybe S[minus]1, I got "9A" and wondered why the 
pileup on a 9A?  APF in, he sounded S5.  S-meter was still on the peg 
however.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org

On 11/4/2010 10:32 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Additional testing shows that when I set my power down to 5 Watts and
> then back up to 100 Watts results in a max peak output of 50 Watts on
> SSB on both an external and the K3's Wattmeter.  Setting the mode to CW
> results in 100 Watts output and reverting back to SSB I can get about 75
> Watts peak on both meters.
>
> 73, de Nate>>
>