[Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread w4grj
What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? Jack W4GRJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Fred Jensen
K3, KPA500, KAT500, and P3 are on 24/7 most of the time unless we're leaving for a day or two. Works for me. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the 2015 Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 11/17/2014 5:47 AM, w4grj wrote: What are opinions

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread hsherriff
Same here Harlan NC3C Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message K3, KPA500, KAT500, and P3 are on 24/7 most of the time unless we're leaving for a day or two. Works for me. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Rick Bates, WA6NHC
Always on here, I use it remotely too. Rick, WA6NHC iPad = small keypad = typos = sorry ;-) On Nov 17, 2014, at 10:08 AM, hsherriff hsherr...@reagan.com wrote: Same here Harlan NC3C Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message K3, KPA500,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,11/17/2014 5:47 AM, w4grj wrote: What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? If you live in California (escalating rates based on monthly usage), you probably want to turn everything off when you leave the shack to save on

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Richard S. Leary
- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of w4grj Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 05:47 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? Jack

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread norrislawfirm2
...@satterfield.org /divdivDate:11/17/2014 5:47 AM (GMT-08:00) /divdivTo: elecraft@mailman.qth.net /divdivSubject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 /divdiv /divWhat are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? Jack W4GRJ

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Stephen Prior
-08:00) /divdivTo: elecraft@mailman.qth.net /divdivSubject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 /divdiv /divWhat are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? Jack W4GRJ

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread W4GRJ
: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? Jack W4GRJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Stephen Prior
:11/17/2014 5:47 AM (GMT-08:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they be powered on and off for daily use? Jack W4GRJ

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jack, From what I know about solid state electronics, it does not make much difference in the life of the gear. The Mean Time Between Failure for any component is so great (mostly 100,000 hours or more) that it is only a minor consideration. Of greater concern is what can happen during

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

2014-11-17 Thread Richard S. Leary
-Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Prior Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 14:51 To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 Anyone who, for no really good reason, leaves anything on 24/7, must be paying far less