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Re: K3 - Power cable voltage drop

Posted by ke9uw on Dec 25, 2019; 2:28am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-Power-cable-voltage-drop-tp7657290p7657388.html

I have a Fluke 87...for a couple of decades now. It does it all well.

Chuck Jack Hawley
KE9UW

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> On Dec 23, 2019, at 10:31 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> A good, known accurate DVM is an asset to any station.  Use it to determine if the others are accurate.  There are several good brands available.   A DVM that is not accurate is worse than no DVM at all.  
>
> My choice of many years ago is my Fluke 77.   After I tapped it with too much voltage, I sent it to Fluke for repair and calibration.  I am confident when I make a measurement it is accurate without question.
>
> Bob, K4TAX
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>> On Dec 23, 2019, at 2:12 PM, Buck <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> The reliable place to measure the voltage at the K3x is using the supply voltage display meter in the radio.  I was surprised to find mine was significantly low.  I thought it was voltage drop but changing the supply cable didn't make much difference.
>>
>> Turns out the Astron power supply was more than a volt low and the meter on the supply had been cranked up to make it appear to be correct.  I used two separate VOMs to set the power supply and then adjusted the meter to make it agree.
>>
>> Moral of the story: don't rely on the meter on the power supply and assume a low reading at the radio is due solely to voltage drop.
>>
>>
>>
>> Buck, k4ia
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>>>> On 12/23/2019 2:26 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
>>>> On 12/22/2019 9:44 AM, Bob McGraw wrote:
>>>> I also added a dedicated ground between the ground screw on the back of
>>>> the radio to the ground screw on the power supply.
>>> That's for "bonding".  Where do you pick up "ground" - at the radio, at
>>> the PS, or at some other point?
>>> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
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