[Elecraft] Did I fry my KXPA100?

Tom tomb18 at videotron.ca
Fri Oct 27 16:56:09 EDT 2017


Hi,
No, I didn't.
However, it seems that the amp is not blown.
I have no idea what's happening...

Ok, Elecraft recommended a TX Gain calibration.  That was successful on all 
bands.
I changed all the RF cables and the KXPA100 still shows no output...

However, this was on 20m.
If I switch bands, the KPXA100 is working fine on all other bands.  It just 
so happens that this seems to happen only on 20m.
Everything looks the same as far as I can tell, same antenna (all testing is 
into a dummy load)
So it is only on 20m.
What have I missed?

Thanks, Tom


-----Original Message----- 
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 4:34 PM
To: Tom ; Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Did I fry my KXPA100?

Tom,

Did you connect the KX3 Keyout signal into the KXPA100 PA KEY input?
That is necessary for 'Basic Operation' - see page 18 of the manual.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/27/2017 3:24 PM, Tom wrote:
> Hi,
> Just to be sure, I disconnected all control signal, only RF into the amp 
> at 10W....
> No output, but no errors in the KXPA100 utility. 


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