Thank you all for your help in reviewing my K3s transceiver in-line fuses, the fuse locations (they are near the power supply) and available voltage from my power supply for the K3s.
*I have a strange voltage pattern*. The K3s manual says the voltage for the transceiver should be: 13.8 volts nominal, 11 volts minimum, 15 volts maximum. The manual also says there should be only a voltage drop of .5 watts. My standing, receiving voltage is 13.9 volts. When I transmit @100 watts, *the voltage drops to 13.4 volts* which is right on the recommendation numbers, so that seems good. When I tune @ 20 watts, *the voltage drops to 12.6 volts*. Is that a problem? Why is that number so much lower? In both cases the signal goes through an external Palstar BT1500A tuner for my window line going to an extended multiband Zepp antenna. In both these cases the internal k3s tuner is not activated. There is no difference in the tuning, locally or externally by the Palstar tuner. So does anyone have a guess at why this should be? Do I need to make a change somewhere? 73 and thanks to everyone, Peder, W7RPK ______________________________________________________________ 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]
