Are you switching in the KPA500 with the transceiver in TX and key down and power output? That will destroy relay contacts in the KPA500.
73, Guy K2AV On Friday, July 31, 2015, Deepak VU2CDP <vu2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Using KPA-500 with an FT 2k. All was well until last weekend when suddenly > the rig shows high SWR when i put the amp in OPER mode. The SWR checks out > fine on the rig's in-built meter when the amp is in STBY mode. But cannot > get the rig to key the amp as the needle on the rig's meter swings wildly > to the right the moment i put the amp in Operate. > > I saw a couple of posts in the archives similar to mine but could't find > any solutions from them. Can anyone help in identifying the cause of such > behaviour and the fix? > > 73, > Deepak VU2CDP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net <javascript:;> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to k2av....@gmail.com <javascript:;> > -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
