Re: [Elecraft] Power output on higher bands

2012-03-02 Thread Mike Anderson
perfect. What a great experience it was to build this from the ground up, and get it on the air. Just minutes after the fix I got 2 new DX countries on 20m! Thanks Elecraft!! On 3/1/2012 20:04, Mike Anderson wrote: I've noticed some weirdness with transmitting on higher bands on my elecraft

[Elecraft] Power output on higher bands

2012-03-01 Thread Mike Anderson
I've noticed some weirdness with transmitting on higher bands on my elecraft. Down on 40, and 80, its great. When I transmit the RF meetings goes almost all the way the up. My w2 responds and shows a good output as well. However on 20, 15, 17, the RF meter won't even get over 50, it shows maybe

Re: [Elecraft] Power output on higher bands

2012-03-01 Thread Mike Anderson
Sorry that was dumb.. It's a k3. On 3/1/12 8:33 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: What is the radio? There are several possibilities... Jack B, W6FB On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Mike Anderson wrote: I've noticed some weirdness with transmitting on higher bands on my elecraft. Down on 40, and 80

[Elecraft] TX gain Calibration

2012-02-18 Thread Mike Anderson
I am trying to do the tx gain calibration. I am hooked into a 300w dummy dry dummy load. When I run the test it dies on the 17m band and says: Tx Gain calibration failed because power readings did not converge to a consistent value I really have no idea what this means, and I can't find any