[Elecraft] K3/KPA500 Power By Band

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> I think I have this figured out, but don't want to smoke anything in a
> moment of non-thinking [they occur with increasing frequency as
> birthdays accumulate :-)]
>
> With KPA500 in STBY, I set the power on each band for barefoot operation
> [100W], and it gets remembered.  With KPA500 in OPERATE, I set the power
> to drive it to 500W on each band, and it gets remembered.
>
> If, while operating with the amp and it seems to be poking a little more
> than 500W into the antenna, I turn the power down just a tad.
>
> QUESTION:  That little tweak gets remembered immediately, and modifies
> the original drive setting?

Yes, it should always remember the last setting that you made (for each band).

BTW, a little more than 500W out is OK ... the 500W rating is quite
conservative....

73,

    ~iain / N6ML