[Elecraft] [K3] K3: Limit output power with KPA3?

[Peter Wollan]

If you tune using the TUNE button instead of by keying, you can set
the power to any desired limit.  See page 27 of the manual.

    Peter N8MHD

On 5/14/09, K3JPS <k3jps.nyc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well obviously it is the power control.  What I simply wanted to know was
> whether or not the ability existed to set software limits on that physical
> control.  To me, it doesn't seem like a hard thing to implement in firmware.
>
> The reason for asking is I'm limited in terms of how much output power I can
> run with an amplifier.  If I wanted to tune with max drive being
> 40-50 watts, then I wanted to know if there was a way of setting limits on
> the power control knob.  I've made the mistake of adjusting power output
> instead of compression on more than one occasion.
>
> 73 James
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:10 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF <
> M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > surely this is the PWR control - there is no way to set an upper limit as
> > far as I know.
> > 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
> > --
> > Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons,
> > For you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!
> >
> >
> > On 14 May 2009, at 17:07, K3JPS wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I've checked the KPA3 manual along with the K3 manual, and didn't find any
> >> mention of a way to limit maximum output power with the KPA3.
> >>
> >> What I'd like to know then, is there something buried within the menu that
> >> would allow me to set max output to something like 30 - 40 watts?  That
> >> way
> >> if I inadvertently adjust the CMP/PWR knob when it's set to PWR (and I
> >> mean
> >> to adjust compression instead), that it doesn't go above a pre-defined
> >> setting?
> >>
> >
> >
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