[Elecraft] Re: Slooooooow Relays

[Wayne Burdick]

Sounds like there's a consensus that amps with slow relays could use upgrading.
But as a precaution, we'll be revising the KPA100 firmware so that slow relays
won't cause the PA to shut down.

We'll also be adding "instant recovery" to the PA firmware, so that if you
switch to the wrong antenna and key the rig, then switch back to the right one,
power will come back up quickly without the need to adjust the POWER knob.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


Douglas Westover wrote:
> 
> I appreciate all the comments regarding the slow relay
> problem and it seems I've been unnecessarily hard on
> Ameritron. Certainly learned a lot about relay switching
> times! I guess I was lulled into a false sense of securtity
> when I had NO problem at all with my Ameritron AL-80A
> relay. Should have kept THAT amp.
> 
> I think its time to plunk down the bucks for a QSK-5.
> 
> Doug
> W6JD

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