[Elecraft] K3 and JT65 (JT9) power instability problem

[Walter Underwood]

Also, maybe the group joining message should say "If you are having trouble setting the power level..."

Really, if you blindly gave this answer to every question, the hit rate would be decent. I've been working on search engines for the past 15 years, so I think about these things.

wunder
K6WRU

On May 13, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:

> Never confuse mathematics with arithmetic. Totally different things.  --wunder, K6WRU
> 
> On May 13, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> 
>> I made a little mark at the 4th bar position on the display with a dry-erase black marker.  I have a really hard time counting them in real-time as I'm adjusting levels.  And yes, I have a math degree, no need for snarky "counting" comments. :-))
>> 
>> This subject of K2/K3/KX3 power control comes up often.  Maybe some editing in the Users' Manuals to make it very obvious and clear that "You really need to read and understand this part" would help?
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Fred K6DGW
>> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
>> - www.cqp.org
>> 
>> On 5/13/2014 11:12 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> 
>>> You must drive the audio enough to produce 4 bars with the 5th
>>> flickering on the ALC meter.
>>> That *is* the no-ALC point - the 1st 4 bars of that meter are there only
>>> to indicate the audio level.
>>> You can set the audio level without transmitting by turning on TX TEST.
>> 
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