Bill, In other words, an analog "peak reading" wattmeter cannot be trusted until it has proven its worth. The same can be said of all instruments. Do not take the meter readings at face value. There can be logical explanations for differences in the readings, so do not panic - investigate. The best advice I ever heard was "technician, know your tools, and know their limitations". Many measurement devices cannot be assumed to be correct unless they are proven at the parameters that you are trying to measure. Sorry to say, but all things that seem equal are NOT - do not assume, validate instead.
73, Don W3FPR On 9/14/2010 3:11 PM, Bill Conkling wrote: > I just re-checked my K3, and I am set to "MENU/MIC SEL=rP.l biAS", MIC Gain > knob is 17, CMP is 22. I have the first 3 sliders in the TX EQUAL most of > the way down (-12 to -16) and the top 2 up maybe +3. > > When I had an external LDG tuner with an analog meter, it would read low > output, but when I switched to one of the newer models with the LED power > indicator, it hits 80 to 100 watts consistently. Pretty well matches the > power indicator on the K3 panel. I get 7-8 bars of Audio/ALC and 10+ on the > Compressions scale. I'm getting good audio reports from contacts. > > ...bc > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
