Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 Alignment

2005-04-29 Thread k4zm

Larry:

Have you gone into the K2 Cal Menu and raised the current to 3.5Amps?  I had 
the same problem with a unit and as soon as I rasied the current from 2.5 to 
3.5 amps it went away and I had 100+ watts on all bands.


73
Jim Youince K4ZM
K2  SN: 18 



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[Elecraft] KPA100 Alignment

2005-04-29 Thread Larry Dodson
I am having a problem getting 100 watts on all bands and would appreciate 
advice.  On low power I get over 10 watts on all bands, except 8.5 on 10M, 
which I think is OK.   On high power I get 100 watts on most bands, but 75 
watts on 30M, 90 on 20M and 95 on 10M.  I have followed procedures in manual 
and all adjustment have been made for high power.  I have a good external watt 
meter and a good dummy load, so have ruled these out as to the problem.  To set 
the bias I tried the procedure to put a DMM across R7 and adjust, which seemed 
OK.  Bust as I was getting low watts on some band I tried the method spelled 
out in the manual, i.e.- put a DMM in line with the positive power supply and 
found that the adjustment on R6 was somewhat different than the fist method.  
But, in either case the power on the bands are the same.  I looked on 
Elecraft's web site and see that I am not the first to have this problem.  The 
advice seems to be check transformers and especially T4.  I have checked all 
Toridals and cannot see anything wrong with spacing or number of turns.  Any 
advice? - please.  Larry (G0IKE)
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