[Elecraft] 80 meters

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

I run my power supply at 14.0 volts as measured at the supply. This is 
done to accommodate the ~0.25 - ~0.35 volt drop in the DC line between 
the supply and the radio when in transmit.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 12/30/2017 10:20 PM, Barthold Lichtenbelt via Elecraft wrote:
> Make sure your power supply provides enough voltage and can handle the power draw (300 watts is probably a good number). This happened to me too when I accidentally adjusted the voltage of my PSU too low. I now have it at 13.6V.
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> From: Mal Speer
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2017 8:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 80 meters
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> I forgot to say that the rig is a factory built K3s
> Mal
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> I seem to have low output on 75 phone. The most power I can put out is 71
> watts. I can turn the power knob to 100 watts, but it backs down to 71
> immediately. This is into an antenna and a dummy load.
>
> I just checked 160 same thing except I get 83 watts
>
> All other bands seem OK
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> Mal WA2TWA
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