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Jack B, W6FB


On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Mike Anderson wrote:

> I've noticed some weirdness with transmitting on higher bands on my
> elecraft.
>
> Down on 40, and 80, its great. When I transmit the RF meetings goes
> almost all the way the up. My w2 responds and shows a good output as  
> well.
>
> However on 20, 15, 17, the RF meter won't even get over 50, it shows
> maybe 1 or 2 bars at peak. Now my SWR on 20 is 1.6 so I assume that it
> will put out less power but not that big of a loss. I also get a "hi
> Curr" on 20 when i hold down the xmit/tune button and transmit that  
> way,
> even though I am putting 14.5 v into the k3. It shows 12.6v during
> transmit.  I do show the meter as showing it drawing almost 23 amp
> during transmit on 20, the rest of the bands are about 14amp. Again
> these readings are measured when i hold down the XMIT button.
>
> On 10m i get a 1:1 swr match, and it does the same thing, barely no RF
> output. So I am not convinced its a SWR match thing.
>
> Have I missed a setting somewhere? Somewhere that I have to turn this
> up. I have the PWR turned up to 110.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
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