Offhand, since they are adamantly opposed to using operational ALC, I could see
incorporating a "1500 W" gain calibration, as they do with K3s. They could read
the output power at several frequencies per band and save the gain settings.
This assumes they have enough memory in the K3 to save the values.
Of course fixing the root cause would be better.
Wes N7WS
On 6/22/2018 2:31 PM, K9MA wrote:
My observation , also.
Another approach would be for automatic drive adjustment, or ALC that worked.
The latter, I know, is very difficult to do with an amp.
Scott K9MA
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Scott Ellington
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On Jun 22, 2018, at 2:36 PM, Paul Baldock <p...@paulbaldock.com> wrote:
I have found that if the KPA1500 is feeding a largish SWR (like 1.5:1 as you
suggest) then the drive power required to maintain a constant output will vary
significantly as you tune across a band. This means you have to keep adjusting
the power control within a single band. This appears not to occur if the SWR is
1.1:1 or better.
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