Hugh,
Does he have enough audio drive to illuminate 4 bars solid with the 5th
bar flashing on the ALC meter?
If he does not supply sufficient audio to the K3 it will "power hunt"
with the results you stated.
The power should be adjusted using the power knob and not by adjusting
the audio drive.
There is another instance where the K3 will start out at a lower power
than the requested power, and that is after a bend change or a change in
the setting of the power knob. The power will start out low, but
quickly come up to the requested level. But then it will stay correct
until another band or power level change. IMHO, that behavior is better
than spiking the power as some other rigs have a tendency to do.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 12/1/2014 3:29 PM, SouthCarolinaDolphin wrote:
A friend is using my K3 while his is in the shop When he transmit's on the K-3
running a specific power out he notices that the power especially on RTTY will
start at a lower output that what was dialed in and gradually raise its output
to the maximum dialed in. This seems to be worse on 15 m. It only appears to
happen once then will not repeat on same freq. So if a specific power like 100W
is dialed in watching his W-2 watt meter the power may start at 60 watts then
ramp up to 100 watts usually on RTTY.
Any ideas. Thanks
Hugh W4DRH
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