Thanks again to all who replied.
After popping the top of my ASTRON RS-70M I was not able to find a pot that would let me adjust the output. I called Astron and found out that the pot was R5 on the bottom of the pcb. The good news was that it was easily adjustable with no danger of shock. I adjusted the output to 14.2 and found that I had an across the board gain of .5 watts. Withe my solid 4 watt output I made my first cw contact with AL on my KX1! The QSO was with N4RAY, Rodney, a fist member, on 7.058 (of course) on 11/8/06 00620Z, 10:20pm PST. Coast to Coast on 4 watts! It made my day. BTW, with a 14.2 VDC no load output from the ps, the KX1 showed a 14.0 VDC input when using the BAT function. I know that many say that the extra .5 watts is negligible but I understand that to be a function of comparing a station at a fixed distance listening to your output at x watts and then x + .5 watts. What about a station that was marginally able to copy before, now that station could perhaps copy correctly. What about a station a little closer than the comparison station. Radio waves are subject to the inverse square of the distance just like light so a station 1/2 the distance will recieve four times the signal. That, with the extra .5 watts could easily be significant. Also, what about stations that were on the cusp of hearing you. The extra .5 watt could be the difference that gives them the threshold 3db boost they need. I know one QSO is not definitive, but SF to Alabama is a good start! Jack Regan, AE6GC _______________________________________________ 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
