Re: [Elecraft] K2 power setting issue

2018-08-30 Thread Don Wilhelm
Chris, Which flavor K2 do you have? Base K2 only Base K2 with KAT2 K2 with KPA100 installed The bottom line is that there is no indication of power output being fed back to the MCU on the VRFDET line, so the MCU tries to ramp up power to produce more output - and it will go to its maximum

[Elecraft] K2 power setting issue

2018-08-30 Thread Chris
My second K2 has some issue with output power. The power is set at 1.0W but is measured at over 10W at the dummy load. When I set the power to a little higher, I get 'Hi Cur' message but it goes away after a second. CAL CUR is set at 2.5A, and the modulation seems OK when I hear from other