[Elecraft] W2 PROBLEM (Larry Royster)

[Gerald Manthey]

Thank you for sharing your findings .
I find on my K2/10 5 watts is good. On K2/100 and K3 25 watts is good. My
KX3 is good at 4 watts , I think it is lower because max power is 10 watts.
73's Gerald
 On Sep 19, 2013 1:36 PM, "Gerry McGowan" <m0vaa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> after carrying out on air tests with several K3-100s  I found that a PSK
> signal becomes unacceptably wide over about 48 Watts out (indicated on the
> K3 meter and/or a power meter).
>
> 80 Watts out would not get you any friends on a crowded band.
>
> Similarly, the internal 10 Watt amp starts to spread with PSK at around
> 5watts, so with the K3 for PSK best to avoid power over about 50 watts and
> between 5 and 12 watts (when the 100W PA kicks in).
>
> 73
> Gerry M0VAA
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