Like K5MWR, my K3 & KPA1500 work correctly with the K3 going to the alternate power setting when the 1500 is switched in Standby.
K3: Firmware 5.67 Power Set per Band; Tuning power Normal. KPA1500: Firmware 2.38 Band Change Standby = No. Neither unit is connected to a computer for any control functions. The sole connection is an outboard analog to USB interface for the digi modes. I'm open to checking any other settings that might illuminate. GL - Steve WB6RSE > On Oct 18, 2020, at 10:31 AM, Jack Brindle via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Might you have set the Normal power for the band to low power? There are two > power levels, after all. We tend to pay attention to the low power setting > for the KPA usage, but it is also quite possible to set the Normal (KPA on > STBY) to a low level as well. That would get the effect you see. > > 73! > Jack, W6FB > > >> On Oct 18, 2020, at 9:28 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> YES, when switching the KPA1500 between OPER and STBY, the K3 displays the >> messages "KPA500 OPERATE" and "KPA500 STANDBY", depending. >> >> >> >> YES, the K3 is set CONFIG: POWER SET is Per Band. >> >> >> >> YES, when in STBY on the KPA1500, I set the "no amp" power to 100 watts, and >> when in OPER, I set drive level per band; usually less than 30 watts, which >> gets close to the legal limit. >> >> >> >> Still the same results as described below. >> >> >> >> 73 de Bruce, N7TY >> >> Yuma, AZ >> >> <http://www.qsl.net/n7ty> www.qsl.net/n7ty >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: October 18, 2020 06:32 >> To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> >> Subject: KPA1500 / K3 Mystery >> >> >> >> I made a recent change to the "Band Change-> STBY" setting on the KPA1500, >> changing from NO to YES. I did this to ensure the AMP doesn't have any wild >> SWR or PWR spikes before the ATU has a chance to "remember" it's setting >> after a band change. >> >> >> >> Issue: When switching the AMP from OPER to STBY, the K3 is supposed to >> switch from the drive power setting (~25 watts) in OPER, to 100 watts in >> STBY, it does not, it remains at the drive power setting. I am 99% sure I >> have all the cabling and settings set correctly in the K3 and KPA1500. I >> went through and manually reset the power settings on each band to let the >> K3 and KPA1500 "re-learn" the change made, however, still no joy. >> >> >> >> Jim, W6YA, and I have been going back and forth, however neither of us have >> had any luck. >> >> >> >> Do you KPA1500/K3 owners out there have any ideas or suggestions? >> >> >> >> 73 de Bruce, N7TY >> >> Yuma, AZ >> >> www.qsl.net/n7ty <http://www.qsl.net/n7ty> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
