[Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m

[Dick Dievendorff]

Can you get it up to 50 watts doing the Tx Gain procedure manually on 6
meters?

Dick, 6KR


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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:36 AM
To: n6ax at speakeasy.net; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m

This was measured on the K3 doing the TX gain adjustment.  It fails and
gives an error message.

Mike W0MU

J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011
J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 11/8/2011 11:01 AM, n6ax at speakeasy.net wrote:
> Mike...do you have confidence in your power meter's accuracy? (or was 
> the power measured on the K3?
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> John
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> On Tue Nov  8  9:46 , W0MU Mike Fatchett<w0mu at w0mu.com>  sent:
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>> I have emailed support but was curious if others have seen this issue.
>>
>> I was seeing a few spikes on the KPA500 so I decided to do the TX 
>> Calibration.  I have all the bands in good order except for 6m where 
>> the output will not go above 3.6 watts on the 5W calibration or above 
>> 48ish on the 50watt.
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>> I am going to try another cable and dummy load just for curiosity.
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>> --
>> Mike W0MU
>>
>> J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011
>> J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011
>> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
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