[Elecraft] Voltage drop in DX Power to K3

[Jim Brown]

On 4/26/2020 7:28 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> did you have to draw a Colpitts oscillator?  IIRC, that was on my 
> General exam in 1955. 

Yep. It was one of several we had to learn. :)

> With the power strip, what's wrong with measuring the voltage in and 
> out, knowing the current being drawn, and deriving the resistance from 
> that?

Because most instrumentation available to hams isn't accurate enough.

73, Jim K9YC