[Elecraft] KPA500 Problem

[Gary Gregory]

*Same here on #679 and has been like it for a year or more I think?

the fix is to run OPER all the time which is not helpful if you need to use
a tuner...:-)

73
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On 23 September 2012 18:23, Richard Squire - HB9ANM <hb9anm at bluewin.ch>wrote:

> That's right, Fred and Mike - This is exactly what I have been mentioning
> ever since I got my KPA500 a year ago. It only occurs when BND CHG is set
> to
> STBY, which I think is safer. Elecraft was able to reproduce it and said it
> would be corrected in a future release. The bug is supposed to be on the K3
> side.
> IMHO, this is important to all, rather than AM (seldom used) and ESSB (I'd
> never do that!)
>
> 73
> Richard - HB9ANM
>
>
> AC6JA wrote
> > Fred,
> > There is a known firmware issue which causes the K3 to sometimes "forget"
> > to go back to 100W when switching the KPA500 from OPER to STBY.
> > Mine has the same issue where I need to periodically reset the K3 PWR
> back
> > up to 100W when operating the KPA500 in STBY.  So far the K3 remembers to
> > go to the preset PWR output levels when the KPA500 is in OPER.
> > Elecraft is supposed to address this issue in a future firmware  release.
> >
> > Mike  AC6JA
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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*Gary*
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K3 #679
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