Don't Elecraft recommend using lower power for high duty digital modes? (Though FT8 us 15s bursts so not as high duty as some).
- Richard On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 at 18:46, Tommy <tomm...@hvc.rr.com> wrote: > Ahhh, O.K., with my 13.2v Astron it's showing 10.3 - 10.8. I guess > for now with this power supply I'll have to settle for 5 watts. Thank > you for the quick reply. > > Tom - KB2SMS > > > On 3/18/19 2:36 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > > Set the display to show the power supply voltage and watch it while you > transmit. The transmitter requires a voltage over 11 V for more than 5 W. > > > > If the voltage is dropping below 11 V, that is the problem. > > > > This in the specifications section of the KX3 manual. > > > > wunder > > K6WRU > > Walter Underwood > > CM87wj > > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > > >> On Mar 18, 2019, at 11:33 AM, Tommy <tomm...@hvc.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> I'm running FT8 with a KX2 powered by a power supply. The rig > keeps folding back from 10-12 watts to 5 every time and it's barely even > warm. I'll set it to 12W for instance, it'll transmit fine at that level > but when done cut back to 5w. I don't transmit often enough for it to get > hot enough to protect itself. AGC is off. Any ideas? I appreciate any > feedback. > >> > >> 73 de Tom - KB2SMS > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
