Hi Don, Yeah, it's strictly a wish list item...far from a deal breaker. I turned the power way down during the contest when I was changing bands and didn't want any Hi Current messages popping up. I was also intersted to see how little power was required for the T-1 to work.
Naturally, there were several occasions where I forgot to turn the power back up to 5W, and on those occasions I actually made a few contacts with 1 watt or maybe even a little less! I kicked myself for forgetting, but I was also mightily impressed that I'd managed to cross the Atlantic with so little! 73 - Ken P.S. If it requires one of the tuners to be connected, do you think that a properly installed jumper or a few components would trick the K2 into thinking a tuner had been installed? Just curious. --- Don Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken, > > The power reduction algorithm is in the K2 firmware, > but it is not active > unless the KAT2, KAT100 or KPA100 are installed. It > would take a firmware > change to limit the power with all TUNE operations, > and those of us who > repair and align K2s would miss the ability to dial > in any power level with > those options removed, but I guess we could get > along if TUNE limited the > power all the time. To further complicate matters, > several of the manual > Alignment and Test procedures and the > Troubleshooting section would have to > be changed as well. > > I do not believe Wayne Burdick has time available to > change the firmware > right now, but he may be willing to add it to the > 'wish list' for the next > firmware upgrade. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Hi Mark and Leigh, > > > > I'm using an Elecraft T-1 external tuner, which I > also > > use (less and less) with an FT-817. It would > still be > > a nice feature for those who use an external > tuner. I > > didn't know about its ability to reduce power for > > internal tuner operation because I don't have one. > > > > I wonder if that's something the tuner instructs > the > > K2 to do? If it's internal to the K2 then it > would be > > a neat fuction to be able to turn on and off for > > external tuner use. > > > > 73 - Ken > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.2/692 - > Release Date: 2/18/2007 > 4:35 PM > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
