[Elecraft] KPA-100 with K3?

[Don Wilhelm]

Frank,

The KPA100 is dedicated to the K2.
To operate the KPA100, it needs the base K2 MCU to change bands, do T/R 
switching, and monitor the power output (among other things).
Those functions depend on the signals to and from the base K2 MCU. The 
same is true of the KAT100 mounted in your EC2 enclosure.

So yes, the KPA100 can operate as an amplifier, but would need a lot of 
external control signals.  If you are willing to create a digital 
interface that will provide the proper control signals to the KPA100, 
then you could make it work, but the expense and trouble to get that 
working would exceed the price of the KXPA100.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 7/27/2015 8:00 PM, kg9hfrank at gmail.com wrote:
> Squinting at my KX3 and my K2 / external KPA100/EC2…
> Anyone try it?
> Frank KG9H
>