[Elecraft] KXPA100 with PX3

[rsoifer1 at aol.com]

Don and others,


The good news is that you were right: the RJ-45 connectors in the control cable were not making good contact.  I fixed that and PA ON operation of the KXPA100 is now working.


The bad news, however, is that in Basic operation with PA OFF, the KX3/KXPA100 puts out full power, but the most I can get out of it with PA ON is 50-60 watts.  The attenuator is set for OUT/AUTO and there is no more than 1 or 2 watts reflected power.


What should I try now?


73 Ray W2RS



-----Original Message-----
From: Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com>
To: rsoifer1 <rsoifer1 at aol.com>; fcady <fcady at montana.edu>; ai6do <ai6do at yahoo.com>
Cc: elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 10:23 am
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 with PX3

Ray,

Check to be certain the RJ-45 connectors are fully plugged in.  Some of 
them are difficult to seat if you hold onto the cover boot.  Pull the 
boot back and push the plug itself in until it clicks.

Make sure the other plugs are fully seated - give them an extra push 
into their jacks.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/30/2016 11:50 AM, Ray W2RS via Elecraft wrote:
> The KX3 says it has the KXPA100 behind it, but I still get no output.  When I turn PA MODE to OFF, and turn the amp ON using the front panel switch, I get full output but in Basic mode.
>