Hello All;
I am a new K3/100 owner (sn 3045) and a relatively new ham. I come
from an art background so please forgive my ignorance.
I use my K3 mostly for soundcard digital and I've noticed something
peculiar. Wayne suggests setting the soundcard's outputs (Master &
Wave) to 50% and use the Mic Gain to drive the output until either 4
bars of ALC show or the output power level is just below the target
power output set on the K3. Since no ALC shows on my set-up anywhere
near the point the target output is achieved, the latter procedure is
applicable here.
When I set the power on the K3 to 50 watts, I am looking for an
output level of 40-45 watts. When I start out or switch to a new
band, tune the band on my doublet or G5RV and key down, the Mic Gain
will be at something like 43 (out of 60) to achieve 40-45 watts. So
far so good. But slowly the output creeps up. I keep readjusting
the Mic Gain downwards and it usually settles around 27 to where the
40-45 watts power out stays consistent. If I leave it at 27 and
switch bands, 27 will produce less than 10 watts! Even if I switch
back to the same band. The K3 will eventually level back out at
27. Last night I left the radio on all night after using it and
when I came back to it this morning, the 27 level still worked
perfectly right away.
This seems odd to me. Is this to be expected? I wonder what is
going on.
73 de Eric, KG6MZS
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