[Elecraft] W2 useful with KPA500/KAT500?

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
<faunt at panix.com> wrote:
> In the course of checking the physical sizes of the "K Line", I see that
> the W2 is the same height as the KAT500 and the same width (or close) as
> the P3, which leads to the following question.
>
> Is the W2 useful with the KPA500/KAT500 combination or would it be
> redundant?

If you're going to run the KPA500 all the time, it may be redundant,
but if you sometimes run barefoot, the meter in the KPA500 may not be
very useful, as it has a fixed range. I suppose it may be technically
feasible for it to have a second range for barefoot operation (i.e.
when it's in standby mode), where the green LEDs could represent
0-100W, orange 100-120W, and red above that... but that'd take (at
least) some KPA500 firmware development.

    ~iain / N6ML