[Elecraft] KPA500: THANK YOU Elecraft for building a really tough Amp!

[Dave (NK7Z)]

I have to thank the folks at Elecraft design...  I was running a full 
500 watts out of my KPA500 this morning, when we took a power hit, 
during transmit!  AC Line dropped, then came back on line, and dropped 
again, then returned again...  Not a clean power fail.  Once the power 
came back on, I was VERY worried that the amp may have been damaged...

Nope, the KPA500 came right back up working just fine!  So THANK YOU for 
the safety's built into the KPA500!  The K3, P3, Icom IC-5100, and both 
computers and monitors were on a UPS, so they never saw the power hit. 
The funny part is that I changed UPS batteries yesterday, because the 
UPS only held for a second or so.  It would not have held during this 
power hit, had I not changed batteries...

In any case, the KPA500 is one well built amp...

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73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
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