> This is a common and very well known problem with the K3, but not
> often discussed due to the powerful love people have for their K3
> radios. The factory has acknowledeged it but has also denied it.
This is another typical lie promulgated by the Elecraft haters.
Any "power spike" is simply a matter of improper alignment of the K3
*by the user*. When properly aligned it is not possible for the K3
ALC to "overshoot". The "K3 power spike" is a symptom of improperly
setting (or failing to set, or failing to set when the power supply
voltage is different than the original calibration voltage) the TX
Gain - "Transmitter Gain, pg 49 and 50, K3 Owner's Manual".
It is also a symptom of setting the K3 output power too high when using
the K3 with external ALC.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 8/15/2012 9:35 AM, Charles Harpole wrote:
>
> I own one FT-9000d, one IC-7800, and one K3/factory assembled. The only one
> where I can get "over shoot" or a full-power brief spike of RF is the K3.
> The rig is set for, say, 40 watts output and on its first key down, voice or
> CW, it jumps to 100 watts for a very brief moment and strangely does not
> repeat this spike as that one key-down session continues, but repeats again
> after a longer stand-by period. This is a common and very well known
> problem with the K3, but not often discussed due to the powerful love people
> have for their K3 radios. The factory has acknowledeged it but has also
> denied it. Facts in my shack. Thanks your message and 73,
>
> Charles Harpole
> k4vud@hotmail.com
> > From: dl9nc@unitybox.de
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] 87a will tell you, too
>> To: k4vud@hotmail.com
>> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:09:37 +0200
>>
>> Hi Charles,
>> The K3 is the only one without overshooting. Please look at pictures of my
>> article "Problemzone ....." at
>> www.ov-n15.de/joomla/images/zoom/DL9NC/pz_32.pdf
>> This is the web address of our local radio club.
>> Unfortune, it is in German but picture are international - hi.
>> Last year FT9000 and IC7800 overshoot like others but this is not in my 2007
>> story.
>> Best 73,
>> Uwe, DL9NC
>>
>> Am Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:42:01
>> +0000
>> schreib Charles Harpole <k4vud@hotmail.com>:
>>>
>>> My 87a tells me when my K3 overshoots its first dit, or dah, usually by
>>> switching to stand by. Yes it is irritating, but I do not have to have a
>>> million dollar scope to tell me. 73,
>>>
>>> Charles Harpole
>>> k4vud@hotmail.com
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