[Elecraft] K3 KPA500 Oper/Stby Alert

[FredJensen]

Ummmm ... if I understand your question, "yes."  I've never seen a time 
that the OPERATE/STANDBY messages did not appear when I switch between 
OPER and STBY, regardless of whether I go to standby with the button or 
by changing bands.  If it's in STBY and I change bands again, I get no 
message [or course].

The most prevalent "anomaly" is staying at 5W after using the K3 TUNE 
function.  It's immediately apparent because I only get about 50W out of 
the KPA500 when I put it in OPER, and when I adjust the PWR setting, it 
is at 5W.  It doesn't happen all the time.  The second most prevalent is 
when I put the KPA500 in STBY and then find that the K3 power is still 
at 26W.  Putting the KPA500 in OPER and having the K3 power stay at 100W 
has only happened once.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party  6-7 Oct 2012
- www.cqp.org

"Anomaly" is a term used by NASA to describe anything from a burned out 
panel lamp to the rocket ending up pointy-end down in the desert outside 
of Tucson.

On 5/31/2012 9:21 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> Fred/Gary,
>
> When you experience these power anomalies, do you see the KPA
> operate/bypass messages on the K3 or not? I realise that it's one of
> those cases where you don't know that you need to pay attention until
> it's too late ..... but then the same could be said for your proposed
> solution........
>