I see TX power overshoot when there is too much audio drive. The 5th bar should be flashing not solid on the ALC meter. Also, do a TX GAIN calibration procedure from the K3 Utility.
My KPA500 has endured some massive peak power overshoots without destruction (1200w) before I readjusted things. I also use an LP-100, and it seems to have an extremely sensitive peak mode. 73 Eric WD6DBM On Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 1:21 PM John Simmons <jasimm...@pinewooddata.com wrote: > I have a 6xxx K3 (not S). The output of the radio is monitored by an > LP100A wattmeter set to peak reading. The K3 drives an AL80B. I have > just done a TX power calibration. With the K3 power output set to 60 > watts and running SSB I will see about 64 watts output but occasionally > see 74 watts peak on the LP100A. I am about to change to a solid state > amp and am concerned that I will damage the solid state amp by overdriving. > > Is this normal behavior? If not, anything I can check, change or align? > > 73, > -John NI0K > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
