Please retry TX gain calibration on affected bands. This is the usual cure for a difference between CW and SSB power output.
Wayne N6KR ---- http://www.elecraft.com On Nov 4, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Nate Bargmann <[email protected]> wrote: > * On 2010 04 Nov 18:23 -0500, Dave, W8OV wrote: >> I had no loss of SSB power output after the 4.17 Beta install. The >> APF >> works wonderfully, with only a hint of ringing to my ears. Really >> nice >> addition to the K3. > > At least some of you aren't seeing this. :-) > > James Rogers suggested turning the Mic gain to 0 and then back up > and he > was getting good output. After I did that, I could only get about 25 > Watts peak on both meters. I switched to CW mode, transmitted a short > carrier which showed 100 Watts on both meters (power control set to > 100). Switching back to SSB both meters showed about 70 Watts. I > have > since bumped TXG VCE up to the max, 3.0 dB and am getting about 90 > Watts > peak on each meter (I say fourrrrr in a normal voice to get the K3's > meter to stabilize for a bit). I had previously had TXG VCE set to > 1.0 > dB. > > I'm not sure that rolling back to the last stable firmware would solve > this or be fraught with other issues. Generally, roll-backs don't > work > all that well in other devices. > > 73, de Nate >> > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
