Hi Max,

It seems that the KPA3 is not as efficient on 6m as on the other bands. My
K3 draws 21.5A at 6m/100W. 
A friend of mine who owns a K3 complained about this phenomenon as well (25%
more current on 6 than on other bands).

Maybe the design team can explain this behavior ...

-- Enno, PF5X


Max iw0gxy wrote:
> 
> Today I've noted the HI CUR warning on my K3.
> The vswr is very low (around 1.2) and the supply is 50A, so is not a
> supply overload question neither vswr problem (i checked also on dummy).
> It happens when on 6m (and only on this band) the power is more than 84W.
> I updated the firmware when it has been released but actually i didn't
> noted if it happened with previous firmware releases.
> Max IW0GXY
> 
> 

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