Hi Ken, With my K3, I only performed the 5W and 50W calibration. When I set the RF level to 100W, the output of a constant carrier signal into a dummy load matches my external meters without issue. I did not have to do anything else other than to calibrate at 5 and 50W. There is no mention in the manual of calibrating at 100W.
73, James KC2UEE On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Ken Kopp <[email protected]> wrote: > I may well be the only one "caught" by this, but be sure that > the TRANSMITTER GAIN procedure on pages 49 and 50 > of the manual has been done, but also include the 100W level. > > IMO, the first paragraph under WATTMETER on page 49 > should read "... 5 W, 50 W , 100 W (K3/100 only) .... etc. > > If you only use the Utility's calibration procedure as suggested > in the second paragraph under TRANSMITTER GAIN on page > 49, the 100W level will --not-- be calibrated. > > If there's a reference in the manual to setting the 100W output > level, I've overlooked it. I spent a number of hours trying to get > my external Bird(s) and the "dialed-up" power level to agree. In > my case the PA was delivering 110 - 115 watts to the dummy > load at the "dialed up" 100W setting. > > This condition might account for higher than expected current > consumption. > > Once I set the gain level at 100W and then ran the Utility's > calibration routine, the Bird(s) and the "dialed up" power agree > throughout the 0-100W range. (:-) > > 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP > [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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
