Gordon nailed it. Problem resolved. Thank you everyone for your
replies.
73 de Tom - KB2SMS
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Bingo Gordon! That was it. I'm showing 12v on transmit now. I had a
squirrelly connection. Thank you for your reply.
73 de Tom - KB2SMS
On 3/18/19 2:53 PM, Gordon LaPoint wrote:
Its probably not the power supply, but the connectors/wiring/fuses
between the radio and the power supply.
Gordon - N1MGO
On 3/18/19 2:47 PM, Tommy 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
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