Mike, KT2E asked:
How accurate have you found the internal power meter/wattmeter to be on the
K2???
Reply: -
Mine is well within the 1/2 watt at 5 watts as stated in the specifications.
Measuring RF power at QRP levels is really not difficult. A low
forward-voltage drop
Mike,
The K2 internal RF metering is quite accurate - BUT it depend on having a
precise 50 ohm non-reactive load.
The wattmeters built into the KAT2, KPA100 and KAT100 remove the dependency
on a 50 ohm resistive load, but need to be properly calibrated first.
Many (IMHO most) external
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Mike, KT2E asked:
How accurate have you found the internal power meter/wattmeter to be on the
K2???
Reply: -
Mine is well within the 1/2 watt at 5 watts as stated in the specifications.
Measuring RF power at QRP levels is really not difficult.
Mike Monger wrote:
How accurate have you found the internal power meter/wattmeter to be on the
K2???
The wattmeter in a basic K2 (without the KAT2 or KPA100) just measures the RF
voltage and computes the power. Therefore, the accuracy is highly dependent on
having an accurate 50 ohm
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Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 power meter/wattmeter question
Mike, I wouldn't put much stock in any wattmeter, including Bird, at 10%
of full scale.
Larry N8LP
Mike Monger wrote:
Hi Fellow Elecrafters,
How accurate have
Hi Fellow Elecrafters,
How accurate have you found the internal power meter/wattmeter to be on the
K2???
I ask this because there is a large difference between what I set the power
for, on the K2, and what it displays as compared to the external meter
(contained in a Ten Tec tuner, scale 0
Mike, I wouldn't put much stock in any wattmeter, including Bird, at 10%
of full scale.
Larry N8LP
Mike Monger wrote:
Hi Fellow Elecrafters,
How accurate have you found the internal power meter/wattmeter to be on the K2???
I ask this because there is a large difference between what I
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