[Elecraft] SSB Power Creep

Walter Underwood wunder at wunderwood.org
Thu Jul 31 21:11:50 EDT 2014


Which Elecraft rig?  —wunder, K6WRU

On Jul 31, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Jack Berry via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I notice on MARS frequencies (slightly outside ham bands) that my power output starts out low and builds to full output over 10-20 seconds of transmit. The symptom is easily observed during an MT63 transmission and receiving stations comment that my signal starts out light and builds to a strong signal as the transmission progresses.
> I have run the calibration routine several times into a dummy load and all seems to go well but the problem persists.
> I see the same symptom in some ham bands but to a lesser extent, perhaps starting at half power and coming up to full power in a 10 seconds.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this or have ideas about a fix?
> 
>  
> God Bless & 73!
> Jack - WE5ST
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