Jon, Your 1/3 rule is right for continuous duty data modes like RTTY, but I understand (and have not tried to figure out the details for myself) that plain PSK31 does not come up to a full duty cycle - something about the coding, so you might go up to 1/2 the normal rated power - 6 or 7 watts.
If you push it more than that, put your hand on the bottom rear cover once in a while. If it is too hot to hold your finger on it constantly, then you should back off the power a bit. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/27/2011 6:23 PM, jon.perelst...@gmail.com wrote: > Duhhhhh! Sorry, I wasn't thinking when I asked that. > > The KAT100 is out of the circuit completely. All my testing has been > with the MFJ-941E. > > I just removed the KPA100 and tested. My power levels are as commanded > (usually a little better, but not double) AND my PSK31 signal looks > like a PSK31 signal again. While I was testing on 17 meters (5 watts > PSK31), a station in Slovenia came back to me and gave me a 559 with a > very good IMD. > > Given that digital modes are continuous duty, what power level should > I maintain with the bare K2. My general rule of thumb is 1/3 of max > power (which is about 15 watts on my bare K2), so I'm thinking 5 watts > for digital. What do you think? > > Jon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
