First, what are you using for a load ? Antenna or Dummy Load. If it's a Dummy Load how good is the frequency response ?
Next, what are you using for a wattmeter ? RF Power Measurement is a difficult task, most folks swear by their Bird 43, which makes me cringe !! Where are you located ? I have an HP 438A with cal traceability and Sensor Heads and assorted power attenuators. I can measure RF Power to a very high degree of accuracy (it's frequency dependent also). 73 es HH, Dick, W1KSZ -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 3:12 PM To: Nr4c Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k3 160 meter low output power That is how I was testing it to start with into a dummy load. Thanks John ---- Nr4c <[email protected]> wrote: > Try using a dummy load. It could be that the radio just can't get a good enough match on 160 to deliver full power. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Dec 26, 2015, at 9:29 AM, John McBee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Just wondering what might be wrong with a friend's K3. It will only put out 85 watts on 160 meters. All other bands put out 100 watts. I have done the calibration with the K3 Utility program, but no change. Just curious to what might be wrong, or what I could check from him. Thanks for the replies in advance. > > Sorry if this was sent twice, chose the wrong reply address for this reflector. Too many email accounts. > > > > 73's > > John > > KM5PS > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 Message delivered to > > [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
