[Elecraft] K3-100 Low Power Output

Mike Reublin nf4l at nf4l.com
Thu May 8 23:31:05 EDT 2014


Does the calibration succeed or fail?

Antenna selection is on a per band basis. Maybe you have the wrong antenna selected?

73, Mike NF4L

On May 8, 2014, at 11:07 PM, Greg Leber <greg7412 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to be more clear. The AL1200 takes a full 100W to drive. That's how I
> found out I had a problem.
> When I did the transmitter gain calibration I ren directly from the rig
> thru my LP-100A watt meter then to the dummy load. I tried changing out the
> coax and the swr was at 1.05 or less at all times. I had the tuner bypassed
> and I calibrated at 5w and 50w like the manual says to do using the K3
> utility. I have done this a number of times and have the same results. I
> can only get 100w out on 12 and 30m.
> 
> Greg (K9ON)
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