Thanks for the suggestion. I just finished the TX Gain Calibration & the problem is fixed.
..73 Peter VE3SO On 10/26/2011 1:11 PM, Ken Wagner K3IU wrote: > You might try doing a TX Gain Calibration. It is in the K3 utility program. > 73, > Ken K3iU > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > On 10/26/2011 1:08 PM, Peter Quick wrote: >> I have fairly new K3& KPA500. They both are running the latest >> software. When on CW I typically call a station with my RX filter set >> at 2.8kHz. If there is an increase in noise level, or other adjacent >> signals I will switch receive BW progressively from 2.8kHz to 1.8 then >> 400Hz. When I then resume transmitting I notice that I will see what >> appears to be a power spike on the wattmeter on the KPA500 from 500 to >> 700 watts for one or two dits, then drop back down to 500 watts. The >> fault light does not flicker or come on when this happens. This never >> happens when switching to 250Hz. It consistently happens when going from >> 2.8 to 1.8 and from 1.8 to 400. All filters are from Elecraft and are 8 >> pole. >> >> Have others seen this and is it normal? >> Is there a problem with this? >> Is it an actual spike in power from the K3 resulting in a spike from the >> amplifier? >> >> 73 Peter VE3SO >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
