I've read several good posts on your issue, but no one has mentioned this. You report 5 watts at 2.4 amps, and a HIGH-CUR reading. If the current limit is 3.5 amps, you should get a HIGH-CUR annunciation at 3.5 amps, not at 2.4.
In any post of this nature, the supply voltage will help a lot. A K2 happy to produce 15W at a reasonable current draw from 13.8 volts is going to be quite unhappy trying the same trick at 10.2 volts! What is your key-down voltage, current and power at the point you see the HIGH CUR warning? (Measure the voltage at the K2, not the supply in case it's a V=IR issue in the cabling. How are you measuring power? What sort of dummy load are you driving? Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of NZ8J Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:18 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Problems = Alignment Part III K2 #4993 Well, everything went fairly well up to the part III alignment. I was able to get slightly over 2 watts during the first few steps of the alignment. However during the next steps, I get higher current than I should, and the max out is about 5.5 watts even with the current cal set to 3.5 amps. 3 watts = 1.1 amp 4 watts = 1.8 amps 5 watts = 2.4 amps I have checked and swapped power supplies, changed power cords, and set current cal to 3.5 amps, but the max output seems to be about 5.5 watts. I get "Hi Current" indication even with the current cal set to 3.5. I would appreciate any insight, I have visually checked everything of course and don't see any obvious problem.. I looked at the troubleshooting section , but it seems pretty generic, I'm hoping someone might have run into this problem before and could point me to the right area to check...Any ideas? Thanks Tim NZ8J _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
