K3 power jump on 6m

[Stephen Prior]

If I change the power output on 6m it immediately jumps from 8W to 13W and
then on to 120W as usual.  So I cannot dial up any power between 8W and 13W
on 6m.  I have reloaded the (latest) firmware and recalibrated the
transmitter gain using the utility.  On the first run through at 5W the
procedure stopped with an error at 20m where the utility did not set the
power to 5W but 5.2W.  I rather stupidly did not write the error message
down.  I then continued and successfully calibrated at all bands on 50W- now
it works all the way through on 5W too.  I can't see how that could affect
the 6m power jump however.

I thought that I had read about this just recently but a search of the
archive did not bring it to light.

I'd be grateful for any advice.

Thanks and 73

Stephen G4SJP



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[Dave, G4AON]

That is the way it is... I guess there is a problem with high power from
the driver stage, it has been like that for some time and is not a fault.

73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80

If I change the power output on 6m it immediately jumps from 8W to 13W and
then on to 120W as usual. So I cannot dial up any power between 8W and 13W
on 6m. I have reloaded the (latest) firmware and recalibrated the
transmitter gain using the utility. On the first run through at 5W the
procedure stopped with an error at 20m where the utility did not set the
power to 5W but 5.2W. I rather stupidly did not write the error message
down. I then continued and successfully calibrated at all bands on 50W- now
it works all the way through on 5W too. I can't see how that could affect
the 6m power jump however.

I thought that I had read about this just recently but a search of the
archive did not bring it to light.

I'd be grateful for any advice.

Thanks and 73

Stephen G4SJP
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[Phil NA4M]

My K3/100 #2871 also does this...

73 Phil NA4M

Stephen Prior wrote:
> If I change the power output on 6m it immediately jumps from 8W to 13W and
> then on to 120W as usual.  So I cannot dial up any power between 8W and 13W
> on 6m.

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[Stephen Prior]

Thanks to all.  I had never noticed it in the manual!

My apologies!

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 06/06/2009 18:15, "Phil Duff NA4M & Ann Duff" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> My K3/100 #2871 also does this...
>
> 73 Phil NA4M
>
> Stephen Prior wrote:
>> If I change the power output on 6m it immediately jumps from 8W to 13W and
>> then on to 120W as usual.  So I cannot dial up any power between 8W and 13W
>> on 6m.



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