[Elecraft] FT8 TX levels = no power

[Don Wilhelm]

Peter,

See the article on my webpage www.w3fpr.com.  Scroll down to the last 
entry on the left column and click to bring up the document.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/16/2019 6:46 PM, Peter Dougherty wrote:
> I should have mentioned, this is on a K3s. What radio settings are involved? Is it mic gain or something in the menu?
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> I did find the new Windows TX level for the K3s (purely by accident; I don’t think I could do it again on a bet), and I set it up to 100%. I also set the TX level in WSJT-X to 100%. I don’t know if there are any more level controls involved, and to be honest, I never like to run anything wide-open.
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> But with that said (and set), on FT8 transmit now I have four solid ALC bars, but I can’t push the 5th one to start flashing, as it had before.
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> What was even more aggravating was my RX levels went haywire and it took me almost an hour to find them. There’s GOT to be an easier way to control all these settings!
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