I recently installed the latest firmware and ran the TX Power calibration wizard - nice work. However while running WSPR (a sound card data mode) I was somewhat annoyed to find the K3 power meter showing about twice the output power I had selected. Checks using my own power meter confirmed that the K3 is putting out about twice the amount of power specified by the power control when DATA A is used (though the exact difference seems to vary a bit from band to band.)
Using TXG VCE is NOT the answer, as the output power in SSB (and in CW) is regulated correctly. Using the maximum TXG VCE -3.0dB I still can't quite get the power down to what it should be, but if I do that, SSB output is too low. Forgive the note of frustration but I am frankly very annoyed and fed up that after all this time and numerous reports of this issue from me and several other people going back several months, the K3 is still not capable of performing a simple basic function like regulating the output power to the level the operator requests. I am seriously considering selling the K3 at this point, as I am losing confidence that Elecraft has any intention of fixing this issue. ----- Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.ham-directory.com/ Ham Directory http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3%3A-Still-unable-to-set-power-correctly-in-DATA-A-%28sigh%29-tp2106260p2106260.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
