Re: [Elecraft] ERR PL1
AH, that did it! Thanks for the help -- I was missing that second tap to get out of Menu. Now, I'm seeing 5.6 volts on PLL1 and 2.9 on PLL 2. Not sure what the tolerance range is but maybe we've lost some regulation of PLL1's voltage? 73/Jon AA1K On 10/14/2013 9:54 PM, Sam Morgan wrote: once you have set CONFIG: TECH MD to ON then tap the [MENU] button to get out of CONFIG now tap [DISP] (to make VFO B show various items, like voltage, current, PA temp, etc) turn VFO B knob until you see PLL 1 #.# or until you see PLL 2 #.# the #.# is actually the voltage reading example my PLL 1 shows 3.0 my PLL 2 shows 3.2 On 10/14/2013 8:16 PM, Jon Zaimes AA1K wrote: Trying to debug two problems in one of my K3 receivers. Not sure if they might be related and just starting to delve into it. The main RX works fine for several minutes (although the sub RX seem to lack sensitivity) and then the main RX loses signals (although the background hiss seems constant) and I see ERR PL1. When I try the troubleshooting procedure in the manual: "VPLL out of range on band change (to view actual PLL voltage, set CONFIG: TECH MD to ON, then tap DISP and use VFO B to locate the PLL1 and PLL2 voltage displays)." This procedure goes OK but after I hit DISP the screen shoes " SHOW TECH--MODE MENU ENTRIES, TAP 1/2 ..." but if I tap "1" or "2" it just shows "" at top of screen for either one. What does this mean? 73/Jon AA1K __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels
For anyone serious about long term calibrated recordings of noise, see my article under Citizen Science in the latest QST. 73 David G3UNA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels
David, I checked the Sept., Oct. and Nov. issues of QST, looking for your article about long term calibrated recording of noise but couldn't find it. Also couldn't find any mention of 'Citizen Science'. Where can we find your article ? 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = - Original Message - From: "David Cutter" To: "Sam Morgan" , "Rich - K1HTV" , "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:05:33 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels For anyone serious about long term calibrated recordings of noise, see my article under Citizen Science in the latest QST. 73 David G3UNA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels
November 2013 QST Technical Correspondence - "More Citizen Science", page 62. It isn't so much an article as it is a letter, and isn't explicitly mentioned in the table of contents. Mike Alexander - N8MSA amsct...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: "Rich - K1HTV" To: "David Cutter" Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:22:34 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels David, I checked the Sept., Oct. and Nov. issues of QST, looking for your article about long term calibrated recording of noise but couldn't find it. Also couldn't find any mention of 'Citizen Science'. Where can we find your article ? 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = - Original Message - From: "David Cutter" To: "Sam Morgan" , "Rich - K1HTV" , "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:05:33 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels For anyone serious about long term calibrated recordings of noise, see my article under Citizen Science in the latest QST. 73 David G3UNA __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels
pg 62 Nov 2013 QST On 10/15/2013 06:22 AM, Rich - K1HTV wrote: David, I checked the Sept., Oct. and Nov. issues of QST, looking for your article about long term calibrated recording of noise but couldn't find it. Also couldn't find any mention of 'Citizen Science'. Where can we find your article ? 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = - Original Message - From: "David Cutter" To: "Sam Morgan" , "Rich - K1HTV" , "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:05:33 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Using K3 to measure noise levels For anyone serious about long term calibrated recordings of noise, see my article under Citizen Science in the latest QST. 73 David G3UNA -- GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan __ 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
[Elecraft] K3/0 tx audio problem
Hi Doug, Just wanted to let you know that I'm up and running. I called Elecraft on Monday and Brandon helped me. What a pleasure to work with the Elecraft staff. Main problem was that I need to remove JMP1 (default is bias on) in the control RRC-1258. I did not realize that some mics that don't need bias will not work if bias is applied. I also had an open RF choke in the PTT IN line on my K3/100 which was causing PTT issues. Thanks for responding - much appreciated. 73, Paul K9NU __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] auto-tuner needs more radio output to tune
The LDG Z-11, Z-11Pro, and RT-11 have all tuned successfully over the years with the output of my 3-watt Sierra and my 2-4 watt KX1, let alone my Herculean KX3. I'm not sure where the LDG folks are coming from in their comment about needing a higher power for their units to tune. That's one of the parameters that has caused me to chose LDG products over the years as opposed to SGC. I tried several years ago to convince Wayne of the utility of offering a remote antenna tuner with the Elecraft name on it. The T1 doesn't quite fill the bill. Something that's weather resistant and that will run on internal batteries. 150 watt capability with SWR's as high as 10:1. Option of coax or single post voltage output, similar to the Icom AH-4. Autosense high SWR's and tune functions. I'd buy one in a minute as I enjoy Elecraft's quality and creative products. I have my "coffee table special" QRP station in the middle of the family room. A Rose Kopp radio cover decreases the visual impact when not in use. A coax cable to the far side of the room energizes an LDG-Z11Pro and that feeds a balun connecting ladderline out the basement window to a 234' loop around the house. Autotuning is truly automatic and I'm on the air with no fuss 160 through 10 meters without getting out of a chair. There's something appealing about the above station on a night I don't feel like wandering over to the shack and firing up the big rig! I also run the Z11Pro with internal batteries when I'm the DX in Bonaire, Curacao, and operating in the field in Wisconsin. It's easier to run coax to a non-resonant multiband antenna than ladderline. 73, Andy W9NJY Milwaukee Julie, The KX3 power in CW and data modes is *not* limited to 5 watts (except when running it on internal batteries). I believe the solution to your problem can be found in the TUN PWR menu parameter - see page 40 of the manual. The power level set there will be transmitted when you do a TUNE (not an ATU TUNE). Yours is most likely set to NOR for which the TUNE power is the same as the power knob. TUNE will send a carrier (CW) no matter what mode the KX3 is set to. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/13/2013 1:01 PM, Julie Royster wrote: The LDG tech support folks say that a 5-watt KX3 output is not enough to trigger tuning by their product. We will eventually have the Elecraft tuner for KX3 when it ships, but for now what selection of modes & power etc on KX3 would give me the highest-wattage signal for the autotuner? If I understand it correctly, PSK and CW are limited to 5 watts by the KX3, right? __ 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
[Elecraft] OT: FS: Pig Knob from Pignology.net
Pig Knob has been sold and shipped. Thanks to all who responded. Jim - W0EB __ 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
[Elecraft] Feature request
Currently, the K3 allows transverter IF's of 50, 28, 21 and 7 MHz. When running a large multiop that uses transverters for all bands, care must be taken to keep IF's away from each other to avoid QRMing your own stations. Since almost all the commercially available transverters use a 28 MHz IF, you run out of choices pretty quickly (even using 27 MHz as an IF). If 25 MHz could be added to the available transverter IF list, it would help immensely!! Most of the transverters can be re-crystaled and the output bandpass at 28 MHz can be re-aligned or is already broad enough to allow 25 MHz through. Thanks for the consideration!! Terry Price - W8ZN K8GP - The Grid Pirates Contest Group __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] auto-tuner needs more radio output to tune
I also think a tuner designed to be placed at the antenna feed point is a good idea. Power over the coax to the station would eliminate the need to lower the antenna to change batteries. For a real Elecraft tuner, it would communicate over the coax with a box in the station which would talk to Elecraft rigs and to produce the functionality of a on-board tuner or the KAT500. (A separate comm line would be OK, but I'm going for maximum elegance.) Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 10/15/13 at 6:20 AM, aca...@wi.rr.com (Andrew Catanzaro) wrote: I tried several years ago to convince Wayne of the utility of offering a remote antenna tuner with the Elecraft name on it. The T1 doesn't quite fill the bill. Something that's weather resistant and that will run on internal batteries. 150 watt capability with SWR's as high as 10:1. Option of coax or single post voltage output, similar to the Icom AH-4. Autosense high SWR's and tune functions. I'd buy one in a minute as I enjoy Elecraft's quality and creative products. --- Bill Frantz| Re: Computer reliability, performance, and security: 408-356-8506 | The guy who *is* wearing a parachute is *not* the www.pwpconsult.com | first to reach the ground. - Terence Kelly __ 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
[Elecraft] 2 meter module question
Hey guys. Thanks for the info on the 2 meter module project for the KX3. I do have a question though. I just ordered the auto antenna tuner mod for my KX3 #3039 and I was wondering if the 2 meter mod will fit inside the radio with the auto ant tuner installed or if I just wasted my money Thanks Dan AD5NW p.s. Thanks for all the help a few months back on my k2. Works like a champ! __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 2 meter module question
All KX3 options fit inside the box at the same time: ATU, battery charger, 2m module. --wunder, K6WRU On Oct 15, 2013, at 1:06 PM, dan wrote: > Hey guys. Thanks for the info on the 2 meter module project for the KX3. > I do have a question though. I just ordered the auto antenna tuner mod > for my KX3 #3039 and I was wondering if the 2 meter mod will fit inside > the radio with the auto ant tuner installed or if I just wasted my money > > Thanks > Dan AD5NW > p.s. > Thanks for all the help a few months back on my k2. Works like a champ! > __ > 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 __ 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
[Elecraft] K-3 Serial port adapter.
I need to convert the USB port on the cpu to the 9 pin D female connector to be able to load the latest upgrades for my , To ME, K3. Does any body have a good recommendation. I do have a TRIP-LITE keyspan USA-19HS. Will this work? Gerald Muller KF5EYC gmuller...@aol.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
Re: [Elecraft] K-3 Serial port adapter.
I have that same adapter and it's been hooked up to my K3 for 2+ years, works fine. Rob NV5E > From: gmuller...@aol.com > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:15:16 -0400 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] K-3 Serial port adapter. > > I need to convert the USB port on the cpu to the 9 pin D female connector > to be able to load the latest upgrades for my , To ME, K3. Does any body > have a good recommendation. I do have a TRIP-LITE keyspan USA-19HS. Will > this > work? > > Gerald Muller KF5EYC > gmuller...@aol.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] auto-tuner needs more radio output to tune
While an Elecraft product would have appeal, the SGC230 fits that bill without batteries and has a long history of reliable operation in very severe environments such as on board ships where it's enveloped in corrosive stack gasses and doused with sea water regularly, baked under tropical suns and frozen with coats of polar ice. Not much interface needed. IIRC, it tunes when commanded (or SWR exceeds a threshold) and remembers settings. You know it is working because the SWR on the coax is low at the rig, which means it's providing a 50 ohm non-reactive load at the antenna end. I worked with a lot of them on ships in the early 1990's where they were used primarily at the base of a 22 foot whip to load it up on the SSB marine distress frequency of 2182 kHz. At 100 watts, that was really pushing them hard because of the very short radiator for that frequency, but they worked FB in that service. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- I also think a tuner designed to be placed at the antenna feed point is a good idea. Power over the coax to the station would eliminate the need to lower the antenna to change batteries. For a real Elecraft tuner, it would communicate over the coax with a box in the station which would talk to Elecraft rigs and to produce the functionality of a on-board tuner or the KAT500. (A separate comm line would be OK, but I'm going for maximum elegance.) Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 10/15/13 at 6:20 AM, aca...@wi.rr.com (Andrew Catanzaro) wrote: >I tried several years ago to convince Wayne of the utility of offering >a remote antenna tuner with the Elecraft name on it. >The T1 doesn't quite fill the bill. Something that's weather resistant >and that will run on internal batteries. 150 watt capability with >SWR's as high as 10:1. Option of coax or single post voltage output, >similar to the Icom AH-4. >Autosense high SWR's and tune functions. I'd buy one in a minute as I >enjoy Elecraft's quality and creative products. __ 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
[Elecraft] USB to serial adapter.
To all: Thanks for the help. I now have a solution. Gerald Muller KF5EYC gmuller...@aol.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
Re: [Elecraft] auto-tuner needs more radio output to tune
The SGC 230 is well regarded but has serious power limitations. It is rated at 200 W PEP and only 80 W continuous (RTTY). The K3 alone can exceed these power limits on RTTY. And furthermore it is inadequate for use with the KPA500. The MFJ-998RT claims to handle the power but the reviews on eHam are much less than glowing. So it seems that a remote tuner the quality of the KAT500 (possibly based on it) would fill a need not currently being met. I have severe space limitations so low band dipole and verticals with radials are not an option. I really need a decent remote tuner If Elecraft ever markets such an item you will find me near the front of the line David K0LUM On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > While an Elecraft product would have appeal, the SGC230 fits that bill > without batteries and has a long history of reliable operation in very > severe environments such as on board ships where it's enveloped in corrosive > stack gasses and doused with sea water regularly, baked under tropical suns > and frozen with coats of polar ice. > > Not much interface needed. IIRC, it tunes when commanded (or SWR exceeds a > threshold) and remembers settings. You know it is working because the SWR on > the coax is low at the rig, which means it's providing a 50 ohm non-reactive > load at the antenna end. > > I worked with a lot of them on ships in the early 1990's where they were > used primarily at the base of a 22 foot whip to load it up on the SSB marine > distress frequency of 2182 kHz. At 100 watts, that was really pushing them > hard because of the very short radiator for that frequency, but they worked > FB in that service. > > 73, Ron AC7AC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] auto-tuner needs more radio output to tune
I have the MFJ-998RT and use it everyday with an Alpha (and my K3). When I first got the tuner I tested it in the shack with 20 second key downs at 1.5KW into the dummy load. I had the cover off so I could feel how warm it was getting - no issues at all. It's been a very good tuner for me. It's best to setup the memories for your particular antenna ahead of time before you put the cover on and leave it. You can manually tweak the SWR to 'dial it in' and then record that setting. In the future it will quickly tune to that spot without doing any searching for a match. I've even thought about buying a second one. -Greg NY6C On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:24 PM, David Christ wrote: > The SGC 230 is well regarded but has serious power limitations. It is rated > at 200 W PEP and only 80 W continuous (RTTY). The K3 alone can exceed these > power limits on RTTY. And furthermore it is inadequate for use with the > KPA500. > > The MFJ-998RT claims to handle the power but the reviews on eHam are much > less than glowing. So it seems that a remote tuner the quality of the KAT500 > (possibly based on it) would fill a need not currently being met. > > I have severe space limitations so low band dipole and verticals with radials > are not an option. I really need a decent remote tuner > > If Elecraft ever markets such an item you will find me near the front of the > line > > David K0LUM > > > On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > >> While an Elecraft product would have appeal, the SGC230 fits that bill >> without batteries and has a long history of reliable operation in very >> severe environments such as on board ships where it's enveloped in corrosive >> stack gasses and doused with sea water regularly, baked under tropical suns >> and frozen with coats of polar ice. >> >> Not much interface needed. IIRC, it tunes when commanded (or SWR exceeds a >> threshold) and remembers settings. You know it is working because the SWR on >> the coax is low at the rig, which means it's providing a 50 ohm non-reactive >> load at the antenna end. >> >> I worked with a lot of them on ships in the early 1990's where they were >> used primarily at the base of a 22 foot whip to load it up on the SSB marine >> distress frequency of 2182 kHz. At 100 watts, that was really pushing them >> hard because of the very short radiator for that frequency, but they worked >> FB in that service. >> >> 73, Ron AC7AC > > __ > 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 > __ 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
[Elecraft] KPA500 & K3 - 30 meters
I had a KPA500 a year ago and in a moment of stupidity, sold it. Now considering a replacement. Got a question about it's operation that I can't for the life of me recall from my previous ownership. Let's say that I want to use the amp on all the HF bands except for 30 meters. Does the KPA500 have a per-band memory for the "operate / standby" function? Scenario: If I put the K3/KPA500 on 30 meters and place the amp in bypass, then drop down to 40 meters and go to "operate" mode, and then later on go back to 30 meters - will the KPA500 "remember" that I want it in bypass mode, or do I have to do it manually? Looked in the downloadable KPA500 manual, but saw no reference to this. Thanks in advance, Jim / W6JHB __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 & K3 - 30 meters
Well, I just did a test with my K3/KPA500 and it appears that Operate/Standby is NOT band dependent. I did this test. K3 was tuned to 80 meters and KPA500 in Standby mode. I switched to 20 meters and manually placed KPA500 in Operate mode. I then switched back to 80 meters but the KPA500 remained in Operate mode, it did not revert to Standby. 73, phil, K7PEH On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Jim Bennett wrote: > I had a KPA500 a year ago and in a moment of stupidity, sold it. Now > considering a replacement. Got a question about it's operation that I can't > for the life of me recall from my previous ownership. > > Let's say that I want to use the amp on all the HF bands except for 30 > meters. Does the KPA500 have a per-band memory for the "operate / standby" > function? Scenario: If I put the K3/KPA500 on 30 meters and place the amp in > bypass, then drop down to 40 meters and go to "operate" mode, and then later > on go back to 30 meters - will the KPA500 "remember" that I want it in bypass > mode, or do I have to do it manually? Looked in the downloadable KPA500 > manual, but saw no reference to this. > > Thanks in advance, Jim / W6JHB > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 & K3 - 30 meters
Jim - I do not yet have a KPA500, but did recently set one up for a friend. Although the standby/operate function is not remembered on a per band basis, I am not sure why that might be an issue. If your concern is that you do not want to inadvertently run 500 watts on 30 meters, the per band drive level is the perfect solution. I set my friend's up so if he is on 40 meters, the drive level of the K3 gives 500 watts out, and when he switched to 30 meters the drive level drops sufficiently that the KPA500 only puts out 200 watts. Switching to standby on any band puts the K3 back to 100 watts. If your reason is other than the above, I don't know what you need. Very 73 de Dave - K9FN Jim Bennett wrote: I had a KPA500 a year ago and in a moment of stupidity, sold it. Now considering a replacement. Got a question about it's operation that I can't for the life of me recall from my previous ownership. Let's say that I want to use the amp on all the HF bands except for 30 meters. Does the KPA500 have a per-band memory for the "operate / standby" function? Scenario: If I put the K3/KPA500 on 30 meters and place the amp in bypass, then drop down to 40 meters and go to "operate" mode, and then later on go back to 30 meters - will the KPA500 "remember" that I want it in bypass mode, or do I have to do it manually? Looked in the downloadable KPA500 manual, but saw no reference to this. Thanks in advance, Jim / W6JHB __ 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 __ 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
