[Elecraft] K3 per band power levels with KPA500

[Gary Gregory]

*Don't you just love the way the K-Line even tells you when you have a
momentary lapse in intelligence and/or  a lack of hand/brain coordination?

:-)

Gary
*
On 12 January 2012 09:53, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:

> Ron,
>
> You're right -- our K3s at least are pretty smart.  I should have thought
> it would automatically remember the settings once you set them or changed
> them based on STBY or OPER mode of the KPA500.
>
> 73, phil, K7PEH
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>
> > Phil, when you change bands the power you have set is automatically
> stored
> > by the K3, so it will be returned to that value when you come back to
> that
> > band later.
> >
> > If you are using the optional AUX cable with your K3 so that you see the
> > operate/standby status reported on the K3's LCD when you switch the
> KPA500
> > on, the K3 will keep track of BOTH the power level you selected when the
> > KPA500 is in OPERATE and the "barefoot" power level you selected when the
> > KPA500 is in STANDBY.
> >
> > Sometimes our rigs are "smart" enough it gets scary, Hi!
> >
> > 73, Ron AC7AC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:52 PM
> > To: Elecraft List
> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 per band power levels with KPA500
> >
> > I went to read the documentation and set up the per band power levels for
> > the KPA500 in standby (barefoot) and operate (powered) mode and
> discovered
> > that the directions were not as clear as I prefer for my feeble mind.
> >
> > So, I read that the CONFIG menu setting of PWRSET is set to PER BAND
> instead
> > of NORmal but after that I am not sure what I need to do and how
> something
> > gets "saved".  Did I miss something in the documentation or am I looking
> too
> > hard?
> >
> > Also if you are running in the per band and then want to change the power
> > level for that per band setting do you just use the PWR knob to adjust
> the
> > power level to your liking and if you do that is it automatically saved?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you will be.
> >
> > 73, phil, K7PEH
> >
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Gary
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