For what it is worth, mine (1740) does the same thing on 6 meters. For example, I can't set the power to 10 watts on 6. The same does not happen on 80 meters. I also notice that the receive gain is lower in the dead band between 8 and 13 watts.
73 de W6BK On Aug 14, 2010, at 8:05 AM, k4pi wrote: > Just finished installing the DSP board after the return from Aptos and then > loading the latest program updates. I know when turning the power control > there is a known dead spot between 8 and 13 watts which I hope them can > correct soon, but I noticed that there is an increase in the receive gain at > this point. When I turn the Power knob from 8 to 13 in receive mode the > receive gain jumps up 1 S unit almost like the preamp was turned on. I > tried different setting of the preamp and the ATT but the gain wll always > increase 1 S unit over whatever the S meter is reading when the power level > indication moves from 8 to 13 watts.. I am looking at it on 6 M and have > not tried it on other bands but wondered if anyone else notices this? > Nothing I can't live with.. > > Regarding the dead spot 8-13 watts, I use a solid state amp and I can run > either down around 400 watts or I can run up near 1 Kw but not in between > due to the dead spot. > > 73 Mike K4PI > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
