[Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m

2011-11-08 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
I have emailed support but was curious if others have seen this issue. I was seeing a few spikes on the KPA500 so I decided to do the TX Calibration. I have all the bands in good order except for 6m where the output will not go above 3.6 watts on the 5W calibration or above 48ish on the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m

2011-11-08 Thread Ken K3IU
Hi Mike... Just to give you another data point, I have no problems doing the TX Cal on 6 meters. Using about a 6 foot length of RG-213 to an old Heath Cantenna. Works fine at both 5 watts and 50 watts. Good Luck... 73, Ken K3IU On 11/8/2011 12:46

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m

2011-11-08 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
This was measured on the K3 doing the TX gain adjustment. It fails and gives an error message. Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/8/2011 11:01 AM, n...@speakeasy.net wrote: Mike...do you have confidence in your power

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m

2011-11-08 Thread Dick Dievendorff
; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Gain troubles on 6m This was measured on the K3 doing the TX gain adjustment. It fails and gives an error message. Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/8/2011 11:01 AM, n