[Elecraft] Band-specific low output

[Dave New, N8SBE]

A momentary hi SWR can cause a severe fold-back on power out on the K3, 
which can take several tens of seconds of subsequent transmission to 
sort out.  Changing bands or cycling power can also reset this behavior.

I had an intermittent on one of my antennas that would trigger this 
behavior.  It's really annoying, but I guess it's better than blowing 
the finals.

73,
-- Dave, N8SBE

On 2024-05-05 22:27, Roger Rose wrote:
> I had a weird thing happen with my K3 this morning. I tried to check 
> into a regional 75 meter net this morning and they couldn’t hear me. I 
> looked at the display and had no power output deflection. I’m using the 
> rear apron mic connection and I’ve had problems with it coming 
> unplugged, but that wasn’t it. I looked at the meter on my external 
> tuner and it showed a tiny bit of output so it wasn’t a mic issue. I 
> moved up the band and changed to CW. I was set for 100 watts and I was 
> showing 50. I changed to 40 and had the full 100 watts out. Moved back 
> to 75 and then I had full output. Powered it off and back on…still 
> good. Any ideas?
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