[Elecraft] Killed the KPA500 :)

[Michael Walker]

I have the schematics, as someone was kind enough to send them to me.

Yes, I forgot the KPA500 powers up in Operate.  It is the only Amp I own
that does this.

I will mention it to Elecraft when I chat with them later today and suggest
the default should be the other way around.

Mike va3mw


On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 8:27 AM ANDY DURBIN <a.durbin at msn.com> wrote:

> "The unit was powered on and it came up in operate mode while the HF radio
> was in TX at 100w on 6M. End result is that the magic smoke got out. :)"
>
>
> I suspect this is a very common mistake for ops who sometimes use the amp
> and sometimes operate barefoot. I thought the KPA500 was designed to
> protect against that user error. Seems I was wrong.
>
>
> Suggest you contact support for schematics. Unless their policy has
> changed recently they will provide them to you.
>
>
> Andy, k3wyc
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