Because this is a feature of the radio. Although this is not a show stopper, it is a "feature" that needs slight tweaking bythe Elecraft team. Ir ia a "feature" that like the filter gain adjustmentis not available on many other rigs and we want it to work as spec'd so we have another bragging point! Mike WA8EBM ******************************************************************************For the life of me, I don't understand the apparent "need" (not just on the Elecraft reflector) for hams who want (demand) that their ham radio gear be so incredibly accurate (not to be confused with precise). Other than, "it should be able to be more accurate," how does this impact our operations?
I don't have a Bird watt meter or 'scope. I have an off-the-shelf Diamond SX200 watt meter that is probably 25 years old. Here is what I found: 0.5 watts on the K3 = 0.7 watts on the SX200 (5 watt scale, with 0.1 "ticks" below 1 watts) 5.0 watts on the K3 = 4.9 watts on the SX200 (5 watt scale) 20 watts on the K3 = 19.5 watts on the SX200 (20 watt scale) 50 watts on the K3 = 50 watts on the SX200 (200 watt scale) 100 watts on the K3 = "just over" 90 watts on the SX200 (200 watt scale). This looks "good enough" for me. Of what value is more accuracy? I honestly can't see any for ham radio operations. I don't know which of my two devices is more accurate, but I don't care. If want to run QRP at 1 watt or 5 watts, I'm right in there. If I am driving an external amp, do I care what the driving power really is? I don't think so. As for 100 watts vs 90 watts, I don't know which one is right (probably neither), but so what. The guy on the other end of the QSO will never tell (or even measure) the difference between 90 and 100 watts. Does any of this actually matter? If it does matter, please let me know why...I'd really like to know! Thanks, de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ 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