Also check the Power Pole connectors to make sure the tabs are fully seated into the plastic housing till it clicks.
Greg On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Joel Black <joel.b.bl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ron, > > I didn't think to look at that last night, but I am testing it now into > a dummy load at 50W. I am using an MFJ-4125 with about 18" of #10 "zip > cord." This goes to a PowerPole DC distribution panel and there is > another run of about 30" of #10 to the K3. On receive, I have 13.4 - > 13.5VDC (1.15 - 1.16A). On transmit, it drops to 12.4 - 12.5VDC > (~14.5A). The wires are not even remotely warm. > > I do not have time to test with my Astron RS-35A at the moment, but I > will when I get home this afternoon. I also have an Astron RS-20A I can > experiment with. > > Joel - W4JBB > > On 2/25/2012 5:55 PM, Ron W3ZV wrote: > > Okay, confession time. My VFO B display area rarely displays anything > but frequency. Doing the NAQP RTTY today, I had a brief attack of > curiosity. Wanted to see how the PA temperature was doing. On the way I > passed the voltage display and stopped for some reason. Noted that the > voltage on RX was 13.6. Dropped to 12.6 with 75 watts RTTY TX. Supplied > power cord to an Astron RS-35M. I am concerned that the drop may be > excessive. I'd like to make sure that there is a problem before I start > tearing into things. Cause for concern? > > > > Ron W3ZV > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
