Hi Stan, This sounds like the amp is folding back it's power. I encountered something similar on my KX3/KXPA100 when I had an issue with my antenna and was experiencing excessive SWR. Check the SWR indicators (both devices).
73, Aaron KK6ZDB On Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 20:12 stan levandowski <sjl...@optonline.net> wrote: > Since I'm basically a QRP op and rarely use more than 25 watts, I guess > I didn't notice when this "problem" actually began. So here's the issue: > > My KX2 will show the power I've set with the knob precisely, right up to > 110 watts. However, my KXPA100's green LEDs seem to be about 20 watts > lower beginning at the 50 watt level. For example, when I've set the > KX2 to 70 watts, the KX2 bar graph indeed reads 70 but the KXPA100 shows > the green 50 watt LED. At 100 watts the KX2 reads 100 but the KXPA100 > reads 80 watts. At 25 watts, the KX2 and KXPA100 indications are in > agreement. > > > I don't know which piece of equipment to believe. > > > According to the KXPA100 manual (which ONLY refers to the KX3), it says > the drive levels have been set at the factory against a laboratory grade > KX3 and should not normally need to be messed around with. > > > So is the KX2 calibrated in equal fashion at the factory or do I need to > go through the CAL Pout routine for each band? > > > Anybody else run into this situation? > > > 73, Stan WB2LQF > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to aaron.marroq...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
