[Elecraft] KPA500...standby vs. operate

[K9MA]

I guess I'm old-fashioned, but I still don't quite trust this thing with 
all the software. So I have an actual mechanical "switch" between the 
computer and the radio. When I turn it off, there is absolutely no way 
Windows can transmit. (It's also handy when the computer goes berserk in 
the middle of a contest.) But the radio also has this software stuff in 
it, so I put the amplifier in standby, the idea being that 100 W 
probably won't do as much damage as 1500. Unless, of course, I deem it 
worth the trouble to turn off the other switches.

73,
Scott K9MA

On 10/27/2019 21:26, Bill Weaver wrote:
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Scott  K9MA

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