[Elecraft] Drive Control - K3 and FPA-1500

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Sorry, I misspoke - I meant the internal tuner in the KPAS-1500 - my K3 
doesn't have a tuner.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/7/2022 9:00 AM, Jim McDonald wrote:
> Pete,
>
> Turn off the internal tuner when using the amplifier.
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net  <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>  On Behalf Of Pete Smith N4ZR
> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 07:31
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Drive Control - K3 and FPA-1500
>
> Thanks, Kent - that's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to be working.  I generally use the internal tuner, and I was hopping around a lot within bands, but unfortunately I didn't collect data on which hops produced warnings - either excessive current warnings or over-power readings on the LED scale.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 11/6/2022 9:29 PM, K9ZTV wrote:
>> Pete ...
>>
>> You have to first set the drive manually per-band on the K3. Once that is done, the K3 adjusts its drive to whatever you have set it to when changing to that new band.
>>
>> 73,
>> Kent
>> K9ZTV
>>
>>> On Nov 6, 2022, at 7:05 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR<pete.n4zr at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>> Just finished SS, and on many occasions when switching bands I found myself overdriving the KPA-1500 on the new band.  No harm done, but I thought the K3/KPA-1500 combination was supposed to manage drive on a per-band basis.  Did I get that wrong?
>>>
>>> --
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server
>>> at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
>>> For spots, please use your favorite
>>> "retail" DX cluster.