I just finished building a QDX board version 3 with the latest 1.10 firmware installed and have been testing it. I built it for 9v operation and am using a variable bench power supply to test it. I have made a few FT8 QSOs on both 40m and 20m, I am noticing the power starts out at about 4w and slowly drops to about 2w by the end of the FT8 transmission cycle. The voltage from the power supply is a rock solid 9v. The current draw on transmit starts at about 1.02 amps and drops to about .4 - .5 amps by the end of the transmission cycle. Is this normal and if not, what should I be looking at?
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73 Doug WB5WRC
