[Elecraft] Say it ain’t so... KPA1500 died

[Paul Baldock]

Sounds like 1 of the 2 output stages died. Not unheard of.

- Paul

At 03:51 PM 11/9/2018, W1PEF wrote:
>Sorry to report but my 6 month old KPA1500 died 
>(near death to be factual). My amp is #172 and 
>has been in service since May 2018. It has been 
>super and haven’t had any problems until 
>yesterday. Was on a 160m net, checked in without 
>issue. When my turn happen I keyed the mic and 
>immediately got a fault. Reduced power and 
>checked out. The amp will now only produce about 
>400-500 watts but the audio is not good per on 
>air reports. Elecraft has my config file and 
>fault table and I’m sitting waiting to see the 
>next steps. This is my first major issue with 
>Elecraft and I hope all goes well. Will keep the 
>group updated. I’m sure glad I kept the the 
>KPA500 and  KAT500. That equipment has been in 
>service a couple of years without any problems. 
>Hope it didn’t catch anything from it’s big 
>brother LOL. Paul - W1PEF 
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