[Elecraft] K3/KPA500/KAT500 SWR problem

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

Well mine sure didn't go into bypass...lots of thick black smoke and it
thought everything was just fine/ good to go...as I was running for the fire
extinguisher.  It confused the heck out of me because the swr was well below
2:1 (like 1.4:1) and I was well within power limits on CW.  The good news is
that it still works... even baked.


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ
 
Owner - Operator
Big Signal Ranch
Staunton, Illinois
 
email:  bill at wjschmidt.com

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:42 PM
To: Bill W2BLC
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA500/KAT500 SWR problem

This is correctable in firmware (we're looking into how best to achieve
that). 

It is extremely unlikely any damage would occur. Both the KAT500 and KPA500
monitor a half-dozen parameters and go into bypass immediately if operation
is unsafe.

Wayne2
N6KR