[Elecraft] Beware, Make Sure Your Amp Is In Standby If You Turn On the K3

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Sometimes I'll walk way from my tube amp and leave it in standby mode and
turn off my K3. Well, a few weeks ago I forgot to put it in standby and I
came back to the radio from working on my antenna outside and the swr was
changed which was set on the tuner. When I turned on my K3, I damaged the
amp. I forgot that when you first turn on the K3 that it transmits a signal
(the clicking sounds when it fires up)   for about a second or so and
damaged my amp because of a high swr. Never again I will leave the amp
without putting it in standby. Very costly mistake.  The amp was set at 1100
watts.  To make a long story short, I had the tubes replaced along with
other things in the amp and power supply. I could have bought that new P3
for the amount of money that I spent for my error. Now that new P3 will be
on the back burner for a while. 
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