[Amps] 87a will tell you, too

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > 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 at hotmail.com
>   > From: dl9nc at unitybox.de
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] 87a will tell you, too
>> To: k4vud at 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 at 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
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