It's also quite possible that your wattmeter is trying to display "average" power output, in which case it takes a while to display the correct output.
Check the manual for that wattmeter and see what it says. Usually you have the choice between "peak" (which you should be using) and "average". 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Frantz Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:47 PM To: Larry Royster Cc: elacraft reflrvto 2 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 PROBLEM Have you checked the ALC setting? You should have 4 bars of ALC showing when you transmit with the 5th bar flashing. You can use TX test mode to set the ALC without going out on the air. If you don't have the ALC set correctly, the K3 will start transmitting at less than the power it is set at and slowly increase power as the power measurement feedback corrects the output power. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 9/18/13 at 2:37 PM, [email protected] (Larry Royster) wrote: >I HAVE A WATT METER THAT SEEMS TO WORK OKAY, EXCEPT WHEN I FIRST >TRANSMIT, USING PSK31 MODE. IT TAKES THREE OR FOUR TRANSMITS BEFORE IT >INDICATES THE POWER LEVEL SHOWN ON MY K3, WHICH IS EITHER 40 OR 80 >WATTS. I HAVE AN ELECRAFT POWER UNIT THAT IS IN THE CIRCUIT BT ON >STANDBY. WHAT AM I MISSING HERE? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security: 408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is *not* the www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly ______________________________________________________________ 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
