Re: [Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Fails on 6 meters

2021-02-27 Thread David J. Schmocker
Hello, K3S. S/N 11532 K3 Utility running on Mac OS 10.14.6 Mojave I found that running Transmitter Gain utility requires these settings within K3S Config menu to enable test to pass (with good 50 Ohm load on both ANT1 and XVTR-Out ports): Transmitter Gain tests: 5W test. requires Config -

Re: [Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Fails on 6 meters

2019-03-13 Thread Jack Brindle via Elecraft
How are you doing the calibration - manual or computer? If computer, PC or Mac? Make sure you have the latest K3 Utility to do this. Recent versions of the K3 Utility had an issue with handling responses from the K3/K3S that caused calibration to fail. I believe they were fixed on the Windows

Re: [Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Fails on 6 meters

2019-03-13 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
My K3S s/n 10163 I find my results are the same as yours as below. "On 6 meters the relay switches from LP to HP amplifier when the power is adjusted from 8 to 9W." "On 160-10 meters I hear the relay switch from LP to HP amplifier when the power adjustment is increased from 12 to 13W as

Re: [Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Fails on 6 meters

2019-03-12 Thread hawley, charles j jr
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on behalf of Frank via Elecraft Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:04 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Fails on 6 meters I purchased Elecraft K3S S/N 11672 in August 2018. The build was completed

[Elecraft] TX Gain Calibration Fails on 6 meters

2019-03-12 Thread Frank via Elecraft
I purchased Elecraft K3S S/N 11672 in August 2018. The build was completed in November 2018. At that time all the tests and calibrations were completed successfully. Now the TX Gain Calibration fails on Low Power and High Power on 50 MHz. only. Page 67 of Elecraft K3S owners manual TXGN