The report that a KPA500 was damaged by 100 W drive had me coding a new enhancement to my Kenwood/Elecraft control interface the same day. I now continuously monitor the TS-590 power setting and, if it exceeds 35 W, I assert the KAT500 key line inhibit. The key line stays inhibited until the TS-590 power setting goes below 31 W. The diagnostic output of the interface shows what happens (PC; is the TS-590 power set/read command).
New PC - PC032; New PC - PC033; New PC - PC034; New PC - PC035; Power protection activated Sending AMPI1; to KAT500 New AMPI - AMPI1; New PC - PC036; New PC - PC034; New PC - PC032; New PC - PC031; New PC - PC030; Power protection cleared Sending AMPI0; to KAT500 New AMPI - AMPI0; New PC - PC029; New PC - PC028; 73, Andy, k3wyc ______________________________________________________________ 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
