[Elecraft] XV144 help please

[Dale Boresz]

Bob,

I use the XV144 here w/ my K3, and my Config:xvtr power is set to 
"L1.00", and that will easily drive the XV144 power LED's into the red. 
I suspect the issue is not with your K3 settings, but rather with the 
jumpers inside the XV144 and the setting of R22 that acts as an input 
attenuator.

73, Dale
WA8SRA

On 2/21/2013 3:39 PM, kd7yz at denstarfarm.us wrote:
> Howdy K3' people:
>
> I finally got one of my two 15 el 144 yagis up and thus could try
> hearing and sending on 2m.
>
> I set Band 144 off, so I think that means it looks for the XV144 though
> I do not have internal 2m anywaY,
>
> However I have heard nobody and the guys wgo tried are a few hundred
> miles away and may not be heard by me anyway.
>
> I have a Daiwa wattmeter of questionable quality at 144.
>
> It says key-down I have 5w out. The 7w green LED lights on thr
> transverter.
> I have Config:xvtr power to "L1.50mw" .
>
> I am not seeing any measurable SWR where I did when I tried my long-wire
>   for reference (duh).
>
> shouldn't I see 20 watts out of that baby? I believe Don did when he put
> it together.
>
> At moment I have but one transverter in the line; others are not wired
> in, are removed for the test. Their settings were set to "off" also.
>
> So: XV144 7w Green LED is all I get, sometimes  the 10w Green LED toggles over.
> Daiwa says 5 watts out.
>
>
> thanks
>