[Elecraft] K2 RF power fluctuate

[Don Wilhelm]

Barry,

The TUNE power is not as tightly controlled by the firmware as normal CW 
keying.
That was done as an aid to those using manual antenna tuners.  The K2 
normally tries to keep the power steady at the requested power.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/26/2020 11:21 AM, barry halterman wrote:
> Greetings. I just completed my K2 build and the RX works great. Wish I
> would have done this years ago. One issue I noticed with the transmitter is
> that when I press the tune button, the output power will either be above or
> below the power control setting. I found this during the transmitter
> alignment phase of the build.
> If I have the output power set for 2 watts, I get 2.8 or 1.6. if I have the
> output set at 10 watts I get 9 or 5 watts. I am using an external watt
> meter and I verified that the voltage to the K2 is around 13.6 volts. This
> occurs on all bands by the way.