Ivin Flint wrote: > I notice a hesitation in output power when I first key the rig after changing > bands. > IS THIS NORMAL DUE TO THE BAND SWITCHING RELAYS? It is a little annoying > when trying > to call that first station on a new band and they miss the first letter of my > call and > have to ask for it again. After the intitial key down it seems to work fine.
This is normal due to the closed-loop method used to set the drive. > I also have more output power at least on 20 and 40 meters than what the > power setting > is set to. last night with the output power set to 5 watts I was getting > about 7.5 > watts out. I plan to change out the resistor in R98 to correct this problem. If you do not have the antenna tuner or KPA100 installed, then power measurement is done by a simple RF voltmeter which is only accurate when the load is exactly 50 ohms. For a QRP K2, the KAT2 antenna tuner is a great option -- it solves this problem, provides two antenna outputs (programmable per band) and of course is a very effective tuner. I highly recommend this. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
