John, you will have a lot of fun with the KX1. I am getting ready to go on the Auto Train next Sunday to Fla and getting my KX1 ready to go. I have 26ft of #26 Silky wire for a antenna and 32 ft wire for counterpoise... Also have the Super Antennas MP1 Vert. that I will take with me. Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pfeifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Which wattmeter do I believe? > Just finished building KX-1 #1207 with 30m board and ATU. Nice little > rig! > > After adjusting C9 on the KXAT-1 per the manual, I decided to compare the > power output measurements obtained via the internal power sensor, a DL-1 > dummy load + DMM, and using my OHR WM-2 QRP wattmeter. BTW, the supply > voltage is 12.5v and I substituted a 33-ohm resistor for R30. Output > before > I changed R30 was about 1-watt lower across the board. Here are the final > measurements, as built: > > Band DL-1+DMM Internal WM-2 > 20m 2.6 3 3.7 > 30m 3.7 4 4.7 > 40m 3.4 4.1 4.3 > > Which wattmeter should I believe? I tend to think the DL-1 plus my Fluke > digital multimeter would give me the most accurate reading, but.... > > Also, no matter how I fiddle with the spacing on L3, 20m output is always > 1-watt less than on 30 and 40m. I guess this is in line with what other > folks have reported. > > tnx & 73, > John Pfeifer - WL7M > _______________________________________________ > 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
