I think I see HiRefl even though at lower power I saw lower than 2:1 SWR. I do have an SWR meter external to the K2. I'll look to see what it tells me.
Thanks! On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Hisashi, > > If by "reset" you mean the power turns off, you are most likely seeing the > internal resettable fuse trip. > Normally you would see a HiCur message too. > Usual causes for that behavior are either that the KPA100 wattmeter diodes > have been damaged or you have a damaged PA transistor in the base K2. > > Check the actual output power -- > Connect an external wattmeter between the KPA100 and a dummy load then set > the K2 power knob to about 30 watts. set to CW and hold the key down long > enough to read the external wattmeter. If it shows full power output > (greater than 100 watts), you have a problem with the wattmeter in the KPA100 > - most likely bad diodes at D16 and D17. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 4/2/2012 11:37 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: >> OK, it's S/N 4355 with all the latest mods and it used to just reset >> when I got on 15M phone. Now it's resetting on 30M CW while I'm trying >> to work DX so it's bugging me. :) >> >> Besides the standard checking for 10-year-old cold solder joints, is >> there anything else to check right away? >> > -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - [email protected] BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte ______________________________________________________________ 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
