Ken, It may be that you are over-analyzing it.
Simply increase the audio to produce 4 bars with the 5th bar flickering. On the K3, that is the "NO ALC" point - the "less than 5 bars" area of the "ALC" meter is more or less like a VU meter, and is done that way to allow you to properly adjust the audio level. You must have adequate audio drive to allow the K3 power control to operate correctly. Control the power output with the power knob, not the audio.
The K3 is different in this respect from most (or all) the other transceivers on the market. The sage advice of NO ALC offered for those other transceivers does not work for the K3 (and K2 and KX3).
Yes, the K3 is 'riding herd' on the power output, and that is in PEP. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/29/2015 11:46 AM, Ken via Elecraft wrote:
example, the Wave Node meter reads PEP equal to average (within some tolerance). What happens is that I see the average power reading rise to the PEP. The PEP reading stays the same. I imagine the K3 is riding herd on the peak and keeping it constant (even with no bars showing).
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