[Elecraft] KXPA100 Power Out Issue

[Grant Youngman]

Have you done/redone the Power Output Display Calibration?  See Appendix B in the manual.

Grant NQ5T

> On Sep 7, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Terry Brown <n7tb at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I have noticed over the past weeks that my KXPA100 will not put out any more
> than 70-80 watts when I am running my KX3 showing 100 watts output.  The
> attenuator is not on.  I have two antennas.  One is a 3 element yagi that is
> below 1.2:1 on all bands without the tuner, so when I tune, it just tweaks
> it.  Still only 80 W out.  My other antenna is a MyAntennas 10-80 EFHW, also
> resonant below 1.5:1 on 80 and 40, the primary bands I operate on.  I get 70
> watts out on that antenna.  Everything is grounded properly.  This is a
> fairly recent issue.
> 
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> I have tried the amp with my KX2 as well, to make sure it is an amp problem
> and not a radio problem, and I get the same result of reduced power output.
> 
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> Any thoughts?
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> Thanks,
> 
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> 
> Terry
> 
> N7TB
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