My radio has 14.9V at RX and 14.6V TX at 100W. I care about my fellow hams and want to have as good IMD performance as possible. I can clearly see that other hams aren´t like me.
/Jim SM2EKM ------------------- On 2010-11-17 16:18, James Sarte (K2QI) wrote: > OK, well mine drops from 13.6V to 12.8V on 40m. Amp draw is roughly around > 17.88A > > On 20m, it drops to 12.7V > > HTH > > James K2QI > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Steve Ellington<[email protected]>wrote: > >> Mine reads 13.1v on any band so it doesn't seem to matter. >> Steve N4LQ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* James Sarte (K2QI)<[email protected]> >> *To:* Steve Ellington<[email protected]> >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:08 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] K3 voltage reading >> >> What band/frequency? I want to replicate your exact test variables and >> revert with my results. >> >> James K2QI >> >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Steve Ellington<[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Can someone take a look at their voltage reading on their K3's DISP-V >>> window and tell me what they get with key down, full power output into 50 >>> ohms? >>> My PS shows 13.7v at it's terminals and the K3's display indicates 13.1v. >>> I'm just wondering if there is excessive voltage drop on the power leads. >>> I'm using the factory cable. I'm not sure if the K3 is indicating the >>> voltage at rig's connector or the voltage on the final amp. transistors. >>> >>> Steve N4LQ >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 73 de James K2QI >> President UNARC/4U1UN >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
