Robin, There is no difference in the K2 SSB generation from one band to another. That means it the K2 is capable of full power in CW mode, and the K2 works fine on SSB on all other bands, it should work just fine in SSB on 160 meters. Is there any chance that your wattmeter is responding differently on 160 than it is on other bands? A quick look at the RF output with an 'oscilloscope would tell you the proper answer - just compare the waveform on 160 meters with that obtained on 80 or 40 meters.
73, Don W3FPR Robin Kiszka wrote: > Hi - > > My K2 has a 160m option as well as the SSB Option. On all bands, 80 - 10m I > get good SSB transmission. Using a dummy load and watt meter I can see the > SSB transmission is stable and varies between dips of 4-5 watts up to peaks > of 13 watts (I'm not using the 100W PA). > > This is not the case on 160m. On CW I get a sold 15W out on 160m, but when > using LSB I see the watt meter is hovering between 0-2 W, but when I whistle > into the microphone it goes all the way up to 15 W. The question is then why > is 160m so lacking in response to voice when compared with the other bands > that have far more sensitivity. I am using the delivered MH2 microphone. > > I have disabled the antenna tuner, but this makes no difference. It's as if > the gain from the microphone is not getting through to the 160m option. > > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
