[Elecraft] K2 power out accurate?

[David Dietrich]

Hello All!

My friend and I spent yesterday aligning my Norcal 40A and recently finished K2/10 #7164.  We really did not play too much with the K2 after we finished aligning as we were also working on some other things in my shack.

When I was starting to really get to know the ins and outs of the radio, I noticed that the power out indicated on the display when you adjust the power knob is much higher as indicated on my QRP Wattmeter.  I set the radio to around 2.0 W, and the Wattmeter is showing around 5W.  When I was at about 5-6 W, I pinned the needle on the Wattmeter.  We followed the manual to a "T" and used a frequency counter, my Wattmeter, a 'scope, and signal generator to do the alignment.  


Any ideas?

Thanks & 73,

David
KC9EHQ