Elecrafters,
Don has been coaching me off-list through installation of one of his fixed audio output kits, which I've had around here for many months, un-built. All went well, except the audio through my computer was distorted. I eventually tracked it down to the K2 DSP gains being set too high. I was getting away with that in the basic K2, but the fixed audio unit doesn't like being pushed that hard. I've now carefully reset the DSP gains to get the same audio level with DSP and with DSP bypassed. Everything is working great. I'm now reminded of a nagging question since the last time I strayed from CW to PSK 31. I've read numerous places about setting the power level (mine is a QRP K2) to five watts for continuous use like PSK. Does that mean five watts for single tone like CW, or five watts average as the two tones warble back and forth? I'm using a WM-2 wattmeter in the output. Running about 10 watts single tone, I get about five watts warbling and a single ALC bar flickering. Is this okay, or should I back it down to five watts single tone? I thought this question might be of interest to a wider audience. Parker WD8JOL K2 #2636 ...back to work tomorrow, and peace for Don. _______________________________________________ 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