Re: K2: Debugging low transmit power

Posted by Don Wilhelm-4 on Oct 07, 2010; 3:41am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K2-Debugging-low-transmit-power-tp5601987p5609887.html

  Owen,

Go through the transmit alignment for the bandpass filters before
declaring another problem.
Most K2s will have some power reduction on 12 and 10 meters, but if your
10 meter power output is greater than 10 watts it is OK.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/6/2010 10:16 PM, Owen B. Mehegan wrote:
> Well that did it! I verified that I put C6 in the wrong two holes,
> corrected it, and now I'm getting good power out on 40m! Thanks Don!
> I'm still seeing only .3-.4 watts on 12m and 10m, but I realize I'm
> getting ahead of myself. Should I just proceed through the alignment
> until I get to 12m and 10m, or should I continue looking for another
> fault?
>
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