[Elecraft] KPA500 Clicking Noise

[Bill Weaver]

I believe you missed his sarcasm :)

73,
Bill WE5P

Comfortably Numb

> On Sep 20, 2021, at 20:03, Dana Roode K6NR <dana.roode at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion to search for other discussions of this, hadn't
> occurred to me.  I did some searches and everything I read suggests the
> clicking is harmless.  Elecraft can supply a new "Z bracket" to correct the
> problem.  It's even mentioned in the manual it turns out.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
>  dana
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:42 PM Andy Durbin <a.durbin at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> "but after it warms up - 40 degrees C or so - I start to hear a faint
>> clicking noise."
>> 
>> You should stop using it.  There is clearly something seriously wrong.
>> All KPA500 should make a loud, not faint, clicking noise as they heat and
>> cool.
>> 
>> (I suppose I shall have to explain that much has been written about KPA500
>> clicks and the attempts to fix this irritation. Try a search of the
>> archives as discussion of this topic is likely to be cut off short.)
>> 
>> 73,
>> Andy, k3wyc
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