When you change bands and key the K3/KPA1500 do you see a spike in power and then the power out settles down and is fine till you switch bands? Then you have a spike in power on the initial keying? Just wondering N2TK, Tony
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2022, at 7:54 AM, Kent Trimble <k9...@socket.net> wrote: > > Pete ... > > Overshoot was a problem in the early K3s (plural, not S), but was corrected > in firmware. Surely the K3S never had it at all. > > But apparently so for yours. > > If you have the latest (i.e. final) firmware installed, a quick phone call to > Elecraft support should solve it. There are just too many of both rigs out > there for it to be a problem anymore. > > 73, > Kent > K9ZTV > > >> On 11/7/2022 7:31 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: >> Thanks, Kent - that's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to be working. I >> generally use the internal tuner, and I was hopping around a lot within >> bands, but unfortunately I didn't collect data on which hops produced >> warnings - either excessive current warnings or over-power readings on the >> LED scale. >> >> 73, Pete N4ZR >> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network >> web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>. >> For spots, please use your favorite >> "retail" DX cluster. >> >>> On 11/6/2022 9:29 PM, K9ZTV wrote: >>> Pete ... >>> >>> You have to first set the drive manually per-band on the K3. Once that is >>> done, the K3 adjusts its drive to whatever you have set it to when changing >>> to that new band. >>> >>> 73, >>> Kent >>> K9ZTV >>> >>>> On Nov 6, 2022, at 7:05 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR<pete.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just finished SS, and on many occasions when switching bands I found >>>> myself overdriving the KPA-1500 on the new band. No harm done, but I >>>> thought the K3/KPA-1500 combination was supposed to manage drive on a >>>> per-band basis. Did I get that wrong? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 73, Pete N4ZR >>>> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network >>>> web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>. >>>> For spots, please use your favorite >>>> "retail" DX cluster. >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> 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 tok9...@socket.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 k9...@socket.net > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 tony....@verizon.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
