[Elecraft] KPA500 Stopped working on 40

Robert Biamonte steamerone at mac.com
Sat Sep 17 21:04:44 EDT 2016


Thanks Mike for the quick response!  Ant 2 was selected for 40m. 
Ant 2 is my dummy load which I may have selected during the testing of the new Windom antenna.  All is well with the ether now.  *G*

very 73
Rob W3OMW

> On Sep 17, 2016, at 8:37 PM, Mike Flowers <mike.flowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> One of my embarrassing errors is that the K3's ANT selection is by band - so
> if you've inadvertently selected ANT2 for 40M, etc. no 40M RF may be getting
> to the KPA500.
> 
> Seems very odd that just 40M is not working.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> Robert
>> Biamonte
>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 5:24 PM
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500 Stopped working on 40
>> 
>> Hello,
>> Yesterday all was fine, and today the KPA500 will not transmit on 40m.
>> All other bands show normal operation and output. It is connected to a K3.
> Any
>> thoughts before I open the covers?
>> 
>> 73,
>> Rob W3OMW
>> 
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