Randy NV0U wrote: Just walked in the shack and sat down and noticed the meter on the K2 was lighting... very nicely I might add, in a nice little pattern. Then I noticed the external wattmeter was showing about 5 watts.
I don't know how long it had been sending dits into the dummy load, but it was at least since last night! Yes, other than being warm, nothing seems out of wack on the rig - normal power output everywhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Five watts is loafing for the K2, even running continuously. I'm a brass-pounder too, and I've long ago gotten into the habit of pressing the K2's MODE button when I'm leaving the operating position with power to the rig turned on. That puts the K2 in TEST mode so it can't make RF. Don't feel like the "Lone Ranger". Accidentally keyed rigs are an all-too-common experience, even when they are pumping 100 watts (or more) into an antenna. Over the years, many a chase has gone on for days trying to run down a "ditter" who left the rig running and then something got set against the key accidentally. I've never been in on the kill, but I've read some very humorous stories about the aghast Ham who finds a couple of fellow Hams at his door explaining that his rig has been pounding out a steady string of dots or dashes, sometimes for several days! Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
