If you are drawing 6A at 13.8V, something is probably very wrong. Either your measurement setup has an issue or there are a lot of watts being turned into heat somewhere. Full power should be around 2A.
-Eric KI7LTT On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 9:23 AM Ken <[email protected]> wrote: > I've always thought it was putting out the 15 watts, or 12 as the case may > be, since it has all the firmware updates, but looking at the dummy load, > it's at 10 watts, if that, with the PO control at 15 watts on all the bands! > Using 13.8V indicated, at 6A > > Not sure whats going on but any info appreciated. > Thanks, Ken, W2GIW > > > MCU 2.38 / DSP 1.37, 1-3-2015 > > * POWER OUT NOW 15 WATTS MAX, 80-20 M: On 80-20 meters, the PWR control > can now be set as high as 15 W (max is still 12 W on other bands). Supply > voltage must be over 12.8 V on key-down as indicated by the KX3’s voltage > display (tap DISP, rotate VFO B). Note: The KX3 will automatically reduce > power as required if current, SWR, or temperature is excessive, or if > supply voltage is too low. If a band other than 80-20 m is selected, power > output will be cut back to 12 W max. It must then be manually set above 12 > W after switching to 80-20 m. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner ______________________________________________________________ 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]
