[Elecraft] KPA500

[Nels Anderson]

That was intended? It still strikes me as broken. I have a K3 that 
thinks the amp is enabled and has its power set as such, and I have an 
amp that is offline. So the K3 and KPA500 states are now out of sync.

I too want the amp to drop into standby when I switch bands, and I then 
use the tune button to put out about 20w and make the autotuner do its 
thing. But after that is done, I don't necessarily want to engage the 
amp, so I want the K3 to now be set to the non-amp power level. As it is 
now, if I change bands and want to leave the amp off I have to make the 
band change, and then press the amp engage button twice to get the rig 
and amp back in sync.

Why are others using the rig as you describe instead of using the tune 
button?

73 Nels K1UR


On 5/18/2011 4:53 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote:
> That is actially intended and was part of the request for this option. Several FTs asked us to add a menu enabled feature where the rig dropped into stand-by on a band change, so that they could then retune their manual ATU. This allowed them to avoid faulting the amp if they forgot to do so. Leaving it at low power was desired for ATU tuning.
>
> 73,
> Eric  WA6HHQ
> at 35,000 ft on the way to Dayton.
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> On May 18, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Nels Anderson<nels at flightsim.com>  wrote:
>
>> I agree, the band switch buttons are very handy--love them.
>>
>> However did you see my post about the software bug related to power
>> level/band switching?
>>
>> On mine I find 35 watts to be way too much drive...seems like 26 or 27
>> is all it takes for full power.
>>
>> 73 Nels K1UR
>>
>> On 5/18/2011 3:23 PM, Phil LaMarche wrote:
>>> I know this is a simple statement, but, I love changing bands from the 500
>>> instead the K3.  Much faster. This amplifier is so sweet.  35 watts drives
>>> to a full 500.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>    <http://www.w9dvm.com/>   www.w9dvm.com
>>>
>>> K3 # 1605
>>>
>>> KPA500 # 029
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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