No, it sets the transmitter to 3 W for tuning. After ATU TUNE, it goes back to the power you have set.
wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jul 9, 2017, at 10:49 PM, PETER NORRIS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry if this is a dumb question, when I hit the ATU button it shows 3 watts > while it is tuning. > > Does this mean my antenna is sucking up 3 of my 10 watts due to it being a > multi band effort? > > Thanks, > > Peter, VA7PMN > Sent from my iPad > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
