[Elecraft] KPA-1500 power supply fan noise

[Peter Dougherty]

Giving her anything hot pink will be met with words not fit for family newsgroups, and possibly the forced removal of a part or parts that’s very near and dear to me. Besides, the racket bugs the heck out of me, too. 

And I won’t even get into the amp noise when I’m running FT8 on 6, but that’s to be expected, alas.

 

- pjd

 

From: Morgan Bailey <mbaileycrna at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 2:11 PM
To: Peter Dougherty <lists at w2irt.net>
Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 power supply fan noise

 

Head to walmart and buy a box of cheap hot pink foam ear plugs that have 30 db noise reduction. Or have her wear earbuds to a new ipod listen to music...sign her up for pandora.

 

LOL

 

Vy 73,

Morgan NJ8M

 

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 9:35 AM Peter Dougherty <lists at w2irt.net <mailto:lists at w2irt.net> > wrote:

Is there any way to power off the fans (or lower their RPM) on the PSU if
the amp is in standby mode?

I would like to keep my rig on 6m throughout the day during the Es season.
The problem is my 6m antenna is on antenna port 2 on the KPA, which requires
the amp to be powered up. I only need to TX when a new grid pops up, but I
do like to monitor the band during the day while I'm working. My XYL is
working from home, and is in the same room for about 9 or 10 hours a day,
and the noise after 10 minutes was too much for her. Any suggestions? 

Please-n-thanks.

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73 and Good DX
Peter, W2IRT



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