[Elecraft] N8LP Tuning Relay w/ K3/KPA500 - help, please

2014-07-22 Thread Hunsdon Cary III
Elecraft Reflector participants: If any of y’all use the N8LP tuning relay w/ your K3 and KPA500, I appreciate your help. My kit went together smoothly and all ohm meter checks A-OK. When I plug the relay into the SteppIR control box the green light comes on. I have RCA phono plug cable running f

Re: [Elecraft] N8LP Tuning Relay w/ K3/KPA500 - help, please

2014-07-22 Thread Jim N7US
Cary, I think it will work as you want if you use the small interrupter between the end of the cable from the K3 where it attaches to the KPA500. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- Elecraft Reflector participants: If any of y'all use the N8LP tuning relay w/ your K3 and KPA500, I apprec

Re: [Elecraft] N8LP Tuning Relay w/ K3/KPA500 - help, please

2014-07-23 Thread H. Cary
prevent my 87A, my second amplifier, > from transmitting when the antenna is tuning.) > > Here, I found it on page 20: > > > > 73, Jim N7US > > > > -Original Message- > From: H. Cary [mailto:h3c...@gmail.com] > Sent: July 22, 2014 21:09 &

Re: [Elecraft] N8LP Tuning Relay w/ K3/KPA500 - help, please

2014-07-23 Thread Dick Dievendorff
craft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of H. Cary Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:32 AM To: Jim N7US Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N8LP Tuning Relay w/ K3/KPA500 - help, please Jim: I found my "interrupter" and, yes, pin 10 had been removed - I installed it. Unfortunately,

Re: [Elecraft] N8LP Tuning Relay w/ K3/KPA500 - help, please

2014-07-23 Thread Mike K2MK
Hi Cary, Be careful. Until you get this figured out you can damage your antenna by pumping high power into it during tuning. I suggest that you switch to a dummy load while you are experimenting. You said you have the phono cable running from the relay to the PTT In connector on the K3. *This is