Well, I’ve half-way figured it out. I increased the LINE gain to the point where I can get 4-5 ALC bars, and now I get plenty of power right away.
Still trying to figure out why it takes so much gain, but I’ll puzzle that out given time. Thanks everyone. > On Dec 30, 2022, at 1:24 PM, David Hachadorian <[email protected]> wrote: > > It could be a momentary high SWR when starting a transmission because of some > slow switching somewhere in line. In K3 Config, try increasing the value of > Tx Dly. I have to set mine at 14 because of a slow amp. > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Yuma, AZ > > > On 12/30/2022 8:34 AM, Bill Coleman via Elecraft wrote: >> I own two K3/100 radios. One is SN70xx, another SN87xx. On one of them, I >> observe an odd behavior with transmit power output. >> >> Even though I have an antenna matched to nearly 1:1 VSWR using the internal >> tuner, any time I change bands, or adjust the power level, SN70XX does not >> put out full power right away. Instead, it starts about 40-50 watts, and >> then slowly creeps up to 100 watts. This takes about 4-6 15 second FT8 >> transmissions. >> >> It doesn’t appear to behave this way on CW or SSB. Only on TX DATA modes. >> >> My other radio doesn’t exhibit this behavior. >> >> The two radios have different internal options, but many of the >> configuration parameters are the same. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail:[email protected] >> Quote: "We invented personal computing." >> -- Bill Gates @ TechNet / MSDN 2003 >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
