[Elecraft] KPA 100 glitch

[Don Wilhelm]

  George,

The first thing to check is the setting of CAL tPA.  If that does not 
cure your problems, ask here again.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/31/2010 11:05 PM, George Winship, NC5G wrote:
> My shack is in a separate building from the house and is not heated or cooled
> unless I am in there. Twice, since the weather has finally cooled here in
> Texas, I have had the following problem with my KPA 100. When I turn on the
> K2/100, the cooling fan immediately goes to high speed. When keying the rig,
> the display shows "Hi Refl" followed by "PA HOT". There is no output.
> Turning the power down to below 10 watts to turn the KPA 100 off allows the
> K2 to transmit, but the fan stays on. Both times that this has happened the
> shack temp was in the forties. After the shack and radios warm up all is
> normal again. Visual inspection has not revealed anything.
>
> Any ideas on where and what to look for? BTW, the K2/100 has been in this
> enviroment for several years with no problems.
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