This really got me curious. I was in the NAQP RTTY Contest.....and decided to look at the voltage on my K3. I checked the meter on the RM-35A, but those meters are not very good. The volt meter says 14.5 volts. NaH! So, I went to the K3 internal meters and got the following
100 watts out 22.5 amps 11 volts 13.8 volts key up..... 11 volts seems low to me. So, I might have to do some checking out as well. Lee k0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering you. ________________________________ From: Ron W3ZV <[email protected]> To: Elecraft <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, February 25, 2012 5:55:59 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Voltage drop Okay, confession time. My VFO B display area rarely displays anything but frequency. Doing the NAQP RTTY today, I had a brief attack of curiosity. Wanted to see how the PA temperature was doing. On the way I passed the voltage display and stopped for some reason. Noted that the voltage on RX was 13.6. Dropped to 12.6 with 75 watts RTTY TX. Supplied power cord to an Astron RS-35M. I am concerned that the drop may be excessive. I'd like to make sure that there is a problem before I start tearing into things. Cause for concern? Ron W3ZV ______________________________________________________________ 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
