[Elecraft] KPA3 for QRP

[Darwin, Keith]

But I think we missed the point of the original post.

I believe the question was not "how much dead weight is the KPA3 when I
run QRP".  That has been answered.  The question was "wouldn't the rig
be a better QRP rig if the KPA3 was used even at QRP levels?".

With the K2, current drain was an issue and shutting down the after
burner for QRP made sense.  With the less portable K3, current drain is
largely a non-issue so shutting down the big finals below 10 watts isn't
an obvious good thing in my book.

Of course, if I were smart enough I could just answer the question.  As
it is, I'm barely able to simple rephrase it :-)

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.100 -
- K3 Wave 3 -

-----Original Message-----
>>> People talk about the extra current drain.  How much is it?

If you go by what W0CZ measured you get this:

*snip*