Nick Henwood wrote:
I am sorting out my K2/100 which had an unhappy experience with a
* thunderstorm in 5x two weeks ago. Thanks for helpful comments.
*
Almost there but.... I am doing the power calibration. I adjust R26
* to get the K2 and my power meter reading the same. All goes OK until
* I get to about 10W when I Get "Hi Curr" and the rig draws a lot more
* current e.g. from1.8A to 3.8A. I could stay with 10W for ever
1.8A seems a bit low for 10 watts.
* (probably enough to drive the linear) but this is not how it was.
This is a classic symptom of losing the output power monitoring diodes
on the 100 watt PA. I believe they are 1N5711's. There are many
examples of this in the list archives. The K2 isn't EMP hardened!
Any ideas please?
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