Jim, Of course you are correct - Nick did not mention that he had the ATU installed, and since it is a newly built K2, I ASSUMED it was not - shame on me!!
If the ATU is installed, pressing TUNE and DISPLAY at the same time will produce full power output. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Don and Nick, > > Doesn't the K2 drop the power to 2 watts during tune? Or am I thinking > of a K2 with the ATU? > I know that I was bitten by this once - I thought something was wrong > with my K2 when I was > trying to tune it up with a new antenna and I had a power meter in > line. I had set the K2 to 5 > watts and it was only putting out 2 watts in tune. > > Jim > W4BQP > > Don Wilhelm wrote: > > >Nick, > > > >With both low power out and low current drawn, there is clearly > not enough > >energy being developed by one of the transmit stages. > > > >If you have not already, build up the RF Probe that came with > the K2 kit and > >do the Transmitter Signal Tracing steps detailed in the Troubleshooting > >Appendix of the K2 manual. Once you locate the stage where the > RF Voltage > >level is significantly lower than that which is expected, the > problem will > >be just before that stage. > > > >Once you have localized the problem to one stage, we can help > you localize > >the component at fault. > > > >73, > >Don W3FPR > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >> > >>K2 #5209, Set at 5W, TUNE, I'm drawing only 1.0A, and should expect 1.3 > >>to 1.6. Similarly, set at 10W TUNE, I'm drawing 1.02A, not 1.8 to 2. I'm > >>pretty sure I'm not putting out the power I should be, and DL1+DMM also > >>implies I'm only putting out about 2-4W, not 5-10. This would be at > >>7100kHz during 40m TX alignment. Is there some way to calibrate the > >>power output using DL1 and my DMM, or have I built something wrong? > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: 12/29/2005 > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
