Is there any advantage (or disadvantage) to running the power supply to a K2 at the upper end of the specified voltage range rather than in the middle or the low end. I'm thinking of more output power, or same power at lower current, etc. I'm not trying to 'hot rod' the PA of the K2, just wondering if there's any reason to run at one end of the spec limit rather than the other.
I use a Samlex 1223 switching supply set at 13.6 - 13.8 VDC and it seems to be very well regulated under load (of course the K2 barefoot doesn't stress the supply at all). On SSB I get intermittent "High Current" messages on voice peaks with the power control set to 15.0 watts. I tried searching the archives about this question but the previous discussions seemed to be mostly about how high above the spec limit one can go without smoke. 73 and thanks, Craig K300L K2 4790 KSB2 KAT2 KAF2 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
