Re: [Elecraft] Running the K3/10 at higher power

2010-06-15 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Edward R Cole wrote: I didn't do a power calibration to set back the power so wondering if there is anything negative from running the K3/10 above 12w? This really would be an advantage for driving the 20/300w amp that I will be assembling. I don't expect full output with 16w drive

Re: [Elecraft] Running the K3/10 at higher power

2010-06-15 Thread Phil Debbie Salas
...I found that a setting of 12w actually netted near 16w output 160-20m, but dropped to 8w on 10 6m What Bird slug are you using? Remember that a calibrated BIRD is only guarenteed to be +-5% for a full scale reading. If you are less than full-scale, the accuracy can be much less.

Re: [Elecraft] Running the K3/10 at higher power

2010-06-15 Thread elecraft
mine maxes out at 0.5mw on 500kHz, as claimed, on an HP power meter/head rated down to 100kHz Dave Message: 11 Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:47:16 -0800 From: Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net Subject: [Elecraft] Running the K3/10 at higher power To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: