I have seen that when it wasn't on the Band it was supposed to be on. I also saw the same thing when the PTT line didn't get pulled fully to ground.
You have likely confirmed this though. Mike va3mw On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 7:28 PM, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > No lightning observed is not a reliable indicator of the amount of static > charge that can accumulate on the antenna. > > Disconnecting the antenna when not in use or switching the radio input to > a dummy load or ground is the only sure prevention. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 9/16/2018 8:07 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote: > >> I just turned on my KPA500 to do some DX work before I have to return home >> from J6 tomorrow. We had a hack of a storm two days ago and the antenna >> was >> connected but no lightening was observed. My KPA500 receives fine in >> Standby but receive signals seem attenuated by several dB when in Operate. >> The amp makes power in transmit as usual. Without the manuals here I >> suspect there are some PIN diodes in it that got hammered in the storm. >> Anyone else see this? >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 va...@portcredit.net > ______________________________________________________________ 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
