I've heard many extremely powerful signals reduce the audio output from even the best receivers in commercial communications facilities. It's a very common phenomenon.
Glad all is okay Brian. Those results are well within the typical margin of error for RF power measurements. Have fun! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian - N5BCN Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 10:49 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 KPA100 transmit test: fail Hi all, Here's the results of my power measurements: Requested/Measured Power 5 W --> 5.81 W 10 W --> 11.06 W 11 W --> 11.93 W 20 W --> 18.22 W 30 W --> 30.25 W Looks pretty good to me. The take away lesson is not to rely on a separate receiver to judge signal strength. It's still a mystery to me why there is such a drop off in heard signal strength going from 10 to 11 W, but the wattmeter doesn't lie. Thanks to all that helped out and putting my mind at ease! Now on to testing on the rest of the bands..... 73 N5BCN - Brian ----- K2 #6800 KPA100/KAT100-2, KSB2, KAT2, KIO2, K160RX, KNB2, KAF2, LP-PAN/K2 w/ Pre-amp, SignaLink USB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-KPA100-transmit-test-fail-tp6339548p 6340510.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
