K3 FW 5.14

[DL5OCD]

Hi,
i have installed the newest FW and did the 50W calibration. Now i´m not able to get 12W (KPA3 kicks out). I get only 6-9W-depending on the band. Is that the way it is supposed to work to prevent the overdrive? When set to 100W the K3 reaches the adjusted power level easily on all bands...

73 de Michael

[wayne burdick]

5.14 should have no effect on power output in QRP mode. Drive limits apply only to QRO mode. Have you done the 5-watt calibration?

Wayne
N6KR

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> On Apr 11, 2015, at 4:27 PM, DL5OCD <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi,
> i have installed the newest FW and did the 50W calibration. Now i´m not able
> to get 12W (KPA3 kicks out). I get only 6-9W-depending on the band. Is that
> the way it is supposed to work to prevent the overdrive? When set to 100W
> the K3 reaches the adjusted power level easily on all bands...
>
> 73 de Michael
>
>
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[DL5OCD]

Yes i did, but it does not work anymore-it ends up with an error: "Output-Level can not be reached" during cal on 160m. Maybe there is another problem with my K3...i`ll investigate that.
Many thanks for the quick response from Elecraft HQ!

[DL5OCD]

Finally i found the problem. Q5 (RD15HVF1) in the LPA died. After replacing it the K3 "works as designed". So no issue with the FW.

73