[Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7

[norrislawfirm2]

Why would you want to leave it on?  It's just wasting power, though being Elecraft, not much.  I turn everything off, ground all antennas, and switch the k-line into a dummy load.   Even for the demands of EME the K3 and XV-144 are stable in 20 minutes.

I once had the K3 go into a runaway state where it started transmitting on a 12 mhz frequency I use to listen to marine cw during the annual Night of Nights.  Smoke escaped.  Elecraft Support was baffled, but it has never reoccured (after the K3 was repaired).  It could have been my PC. 

I leave the K3 unattended when it is running WSPR, but I don't understand what the upside is to leaving everything on when there are known and unknown downsides, static discharges for example.

Stuff Happens.

73

Eric WD6DBM


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: w4grj <w4grj at satterfield.org> </div><div>Date:11/17/2014  5:47 AM  (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net </div><div>Subject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 </div><div>
</div>What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they
be powered on and off for daily use?
Jack
W4GRJ


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