Gary, Yep he should try a RF cal, I did it many,many,many many times just like the guy in Police Academy.
It came good and then would come and go being an issue at random moments, and I lived with it until I came across the 15v idea and then no more. I noticed all of a sudden how op's kept qrg just 1 to 2 kc away from me as they could not hear my signal, i.e, much narrower now. I run 2.2kc audio bandwidth and sounds good on the CM500 doesn't it Gary? TxEq 50,100 & 3.2k all at -16. The rest: 200= +2 400 = +4 800 = +6 1.6k = +6 2.4k = +4 These are the magic vk4tux cm-500 audio settings as above. I used 10mm here, about 16" long. Sw/mde pwr supply sits neat & close on the P3. What is your K3 display volts at 110w keydown Gary? I think it is impossible to do better than 0.4v voltdrop fully loaded. My range is from 15.2 to 14.8, A guy I worked in Hawaii was very interested in what I was doing when he had a close look at my signal at close span on his P3, and was going to set his K3 up the same way. Cheers Adrian From: Gary Gregory [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 5:13 PM To: Adrian Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Delay in RF/Audio output on my K3 Adrian, In his case he still needs to do an RF CAL (which I told him to do). I also replaced my power cable to 6mm and used the 40amp Power pole spades and I use 14.1V from the powerwerx and a lead that is only 12 inches long. No issues for years mate..:-) gary On 11 April 2012 16:51, Adrian <[email protected]> wrote: This was one of the things that used to always annoy me about my K3 until; I set it up for 15v with a heavy duty cable to replace the factory supply cable. Now I get full power at instant on turn on, all day long. I think it is the current sensor knocking back the power until things settle down, but at a stiff 15v everything plays nice. I never see high current warnings like I used to either. The 15v HD cable setup I implemented fixed every aspect of K3 problems I did not like. Adrian ... vk4tux -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 7:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Delay in RF/Audio output on my K3 I've started to notice when I first turn on my K3/100 (#6131). there appears to be a delay in reaching full RF output. I start calling a station and notice almost no RF or audio but after a minute or so, the power is full scale and the Audio level is working fine. Any suggestion why this may be happening?? I have several microphones and it happens with all of them. It does not happen on CW.. Just SSB. Thanks in advance.. 73 Steve/k2we Saratoga Springs, NY K3/100 #6131 ______________________________________________________________ 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 -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
