Dohn, A power increase during that tuning is normal - just exit TUNE and reenter TUNE to drop the power back down to 2 watts. Yes, the power will increase as you near the peak. You should do the final peaking wiht the power set to something low - there is nothing magic about the 2 watts, you can use any low power - anything between 1 and 2 watts will work nicely.
If you did the bandpass filter peaking on receive first, you should not have to move the slugs very far when 'fine-tuning' them on transmit. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I am using the internal wattmeter. I set the power for 2.0 watts. Enter > "tune" mode and adjust L1 and 2. I can adjust L1 through 2.0 watts .. all > the way to 6.0 watts. Is this normal? Should I use that reading or tune > back to 2 or 3 watts? > > Dohn N8EWY > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.4/563 - Release Date: 12/2/2006 9:59 AM _______________________________________________ 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