[Elecraft] KPA 500

[Ken K6MR]

 "They are a "bandaid" for the lack of band buttons on the K3."

I've always considered "band buttons" on any radio to be the worst possible use of front panel space I can think of.  I always operate with a logging program open, and it's far easier to just type in the frequency I want without removing my hands from the keyboard.

I think with the amplifier they just had so much front panel space available that they just couldn't think of anything else to put there.  In the years I've had KPA500s and a KPA1500 I have yet to touch them.  To each his own.

Ken K6MR

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Andy Durbin <a.durbin at msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:18 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] KPA 500

"It’s also worth mentioning that if the radio and the amp are hard wired together, changing the band using the buttons on the front of the amp automatically changes the band on the radio."

It should be possible to disable the KPA 500 band buttons but it isn't.  They are a "bandaid" for the lack of band buttons on the K3.  The best I could do was set the KPA 500 back to TS-590 TX frequency in under 1 second if a KPA 500 band button was accidentally pressed.

 0:06:08.474  New KPA_band  - ^BN03;
 0:06:08.590  Sending ^BN08; to KPA500
 0:06:08.975  New KPA_band  - ^BN08;


Andy, k3wyc
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