Re: [K2] [Elecraft] Excessive PSK IMD with new K2/100

2008-11-03 Thread dberkley
Don, At first I thought your suggestion didn't affect anything since I already had dressed the leads fairly well. However, in bypass mode (less than 10 watts) the IMD is now back to -30 dB. Also, after running for about 15 seconds, the IMD at 25 watts now drops to about -27 dB. So there is

Re: [K2] [Elecraft] Excessive PSK IMD with new K2/100

2008-11-03 Thread Don Wilhelm
David, The only other thought I have is that perhaps the KPA100 PA transistors are not operating at exactly the right point of their characteristic curve. The only thing that will change the portion of the curve for the PA transistors (i.e. the operating point) is the bias. The bias setting