I had problems with HI CUR on 14 & 18MHz, 3.6 and 3.7 Amps respectively. Changing C80 & C81 cured the problem, and I now have 2.9 and 2.4 Amps drawn.
73 Stewart G3RXQ On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:36:20 -0400, Mike Markowski wrote: > This is a follow up to my own problem for the sake of complete Elecraft > > archives. :-) > > A few weeks back I mentioned having slightly lower power on 30m. When > the power knob was at its max, I had 97 W while all other bands were > close to 120 W. What I forgot to mention is that on both 20 m and 30 m > I always got the HI CUR warning, though the warning threshold was set to > 3.5 A. > > I recalibrated the PA and then got 100+ W on 30 m. But a subsequent > check a week or so later showed I was back down to 95 W into a dummy > load. Not a big deal, really, but I didn't like the HI CUR message and > spoke with Gary at Elecraft about it. He recommended changing the C80 & > C81 caps. After doing so, I no longer get the HI CUR warning. In > addition, I get slightly over 100 W on all bands rather than the nearly > 120 W on most. Whether that it's due to new caps or better calibration, > though, I don't know... I posted this followup because initially it > seemed that a simple recalibration took care of the issue, but turns out > I needed new caps like the other guys who were suffering from even worse > side effects of their C80 and C81! > > 73, > Mike AB3AP > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
