[Elecraft] K3<-->KPA500 Request

[Rick Prather]

Not ideal, but perhaps Don could add a drop down menu in the info panel so you can set the power level when you are using your amp like RUMlog does.

Rick
K6LE


On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Jim Bennett wrote:

> "I use MacLoggerDX (MLDX) for QSO logging, among other tasks. It
interfaces very nicely between my K3 and the MacBook Air laptop. The 
K3 passes a lot of data (including power output level) to MLDX and it 
winds up in my log. However, when I'm using the KPA500, the K3 only 
sends the driving power that it outputs to the amp. What I wind up 
with in my log is incorrect. For example, if the KPA500 is in OPERATE 
mode and I log a QSO, it'll get reported as a QSO made using 25 watts 
or power, instead of the 450
- 500 that the amp is putting out. Since the K3 and the KPA500 "speak 
the same language" and talk to each other, can the firmware be changed 
so that the K3 sends corrected Power Out level to the output data port 
when the
KPA500 is engaged? As it is now, I have to go back into MLDX after 
every QRO contact and change the power field to reflect the actual 
power and not the K3's driving power."