Jerry, On 30 Mar 2008 at 19:19, n0jrn wrote:
> One other question to insure I am not setting myself up for > disappointment. :-) > > When you use CAL CUR to set the current limit, is there a limit to > how high one can go without jeopardizing the rig?? > > My K2 has the KSB2, KDSP2, KNB2, KAT2, KBT2, KIO2 & K160RX > installed. > > When I key the rig with it set to 10 watts out, I'm getting about > 2.8 amps of draw. I didn't figure that was unusual with all the > options on board. BUT it kept giving me a high current warning when > I first key up and it appeared to be cutting my output back. So, I > went into CAL CUR and raised the current limit to 3.0 amps. > > Initial setting per the manual was 2.5 amps. > > Just wanted to be sure I wasn't going to burn the house down........ > > What cha think ?? the maximal output and power drain is on 40m. I use 3.5 A Cal Cur setting and was said to be on the save side with this. 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Die letzten Worte des PC's: Starting Windows95... PGP-Key: <http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/furlan.asc> Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 820 555 85 2621 Mobile +43 664 6340014 _______________________________________________ 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
