Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

AC7AC > > -Original Message- > From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:r...@cobi.biz] > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 2:40 PM > To: 'Leroy Buller'; 'donw...@embarqmail.com' > Cc: 'elecraft@mailman.qth.net' > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity > > Lee - that is true with man

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

To: 'Leroy Buller'; 'donw...@embarqmail.com' Cc: 'elecraft@mailman.qth.net' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity Lee - that is true with many radios. The K3/K3S was designed so that ALC action starts at 8 bars. More info is in the K3S Owner's manual under "Mic Gain and Compression Settings&quo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Running at reduced power for RTTY is probably a good idea. My TS-570 died in the middle of a RTTY contact at 100 W. and as bad as that was, I'd hate to think of it happening to a K3! Bob, N7XY On 7/17/16 7:24 AM, George Kidder wrote: Thanks Don for the explanation of what is going on with

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

an.qth.net] On Behalf Of Leroy Buller Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 1:04 PM To: donw...@embarqmail.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity Don... Thanks for the information. I will check that out. I was told a long time ago by that elusive "someone" to keep the K3

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Don... Thanks for the information. I will check that out. I was told a long time ago by that elusive "someone" to keep the K3 linear that the ALC meter should just flicker. Obviously, that was bogus advice. I will check this out yet today. Thanks Lee On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Don

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Thanks Don for the explanation of what is going on with the "ALC" meter. I have two suggestions relative to using my K3/100. The first is a suggestion I made by email some years ago, with no reply. When changing from "Spkr + Phones" to "Phones" ( that is, spkr off) I need differing audio

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Thanks Don! I suspected as much, but a little disconcerting first time around. Mike - W0AG On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Lee (and others) > > It is normal for the power control circuits to be reset after a band > change. That prevents overshoot

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Lee (and others) It is normal for the power control circuits to be reset after a band change. That prevents overshoot if you are driving an amplifier. Normally the power will come up to the requested power level in a couple dot times on CW, or several syllables when operating voice. If the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Have you got enough audio level going in to drive the ALC meter up to 4.5 bars? 73 from David GM4JJJ > On 17 Jul 2016, at 13:38, Leroy Buller wrote: > > Operated RTTY NAQP this weekend. When changing bands, I noticed my power > would drop to 40 watts or so. After

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power oddity

I noticed the same thing with my K3. I tried reconfiguring the sound setup (I'm using AFSK) thinking that I had screwed something up, but still did the same thing. Mike W0AG On Jul 17, 2016 7:39 AM, "Leroy Buller" wrote: > Operated RTTY NAQP this weekend. When changing

[Elecraft] K3 power oddity

Operated RTTY NAQP this weekend. When changing bands, I noticed my power would drop to 40 watts or so. After several transmissions, it would rise to 100 watts. I don't think this is normal. All antennas are matched. Comments? Lee