Hi Ken. Do feel comfortable troubleshooting the radio ? Maybe you have a shorted Fet. Ray Wa6vab
On Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 8:53 PM Eric Garner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
