[Lowfer] K3SIW & DK7FC Partial Capture

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX dexter.mc at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 09:15:52 EST 2013


Michael Sapp wrote:
> PS to Dex:  I did the diode voltage drop thing on the FT-817 B+ supply over the weekend to 10.7V
>  along with a new DC filter network and I seem to have cured that 1/2 to 1 Hz drift per hour on QRSS 30/60
> that I have had for the past 6 months.  That extra one volt^2 or so of reduced total power dissipation makes a difference...
You can probably add another diode.  My 817 works well at 9.5 volt.  But 
maybe thats because the power output fet is bypassed and it's only 
running at +10 dBm.

Dex


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