[Elecraft] Power problems K3

[Don Wilhelm]

Hugh,

Does he have enough audio drive to illuminate 4 bars solid with the 5th 
bar flashing on the ALC meter?
If he does not supply sufficient audio to the K3 it will "power hunt"  
with the results you stated.
The power should be adjusted using the power knob and not by adjusting 
the audio drive.

There is another instance where the K3 will start out at a lower power 
than the requested power, and that is after a bend change or a change in 
the setting of the power knob.  The power will start out low, but 
quickly come up to the requested level.  But then it will stay correct 
until another band or power level change.  IMHO, that behavior is better 
than spiking the power as some other rigs have a tendency to do.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/1/2014 3:29 PM, SouthCarolinaDolphin wrote:
> A friend is using my K3 while his is in the shop When he transmit's on the K-3 running a specific power out he notices that the power especially on  RTTY will start at a lower output that what was dialed in and gradually raise its output to the maximum dialed in. This seems to be worse on 15 m. It only appears to happen once then will not repeat on same freq. So if a specific power like 100W is dialed in watching his W-2 watt meter the power may start at 60 watts then ramp up to 100 watts usually on RTTY.
> Any ideas. Thanks
> Hugh W4DRH
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