Still waiting for my KPA-500 kit, so just a guess .... do you have
CONFIG:KIO3 in your K3 set to "TRN", by any chance? It probably needs
to be "nor", or maybe "HF-TRN", to feed the KPA-500 properly (see page
19 of the K3 Owner's Manual).
~iain / N6ML
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Dave Perry <[email protected]> wrote:
> My KPA500 sn 70 arrived tonight (factory assembled). It took just a few
> minutes to hook up and get it on the air. I am using the Y cable on the ACC
> port to split off two cables from the K3 ACC port -- one goes to a new RCS-12
> Automatic Antenna Switch and the other goes to the KPA500.
>
> I have AUX BUS on the KPA500 menu turned on and Band Change set to normal.
> If I press a band button on the amp, the K3 changes bands and so does the new
> antenna switch -- pretty neat. But the band display on the KPA does not
> change. I have to hit the key and transmit to get the band to change on the
> KPA500. This does not seem correct. It would seem that pressing any on the
> band buttons on the amp should change the band on the amp and the frequency
> display as well.
>
> Likewise if I change bands on the K3 or via my logging software, the K3 and
> antenna switch change bands, but the KPA500 does not. I have to tap the
> paddle and transmit to get the KPA500 to change to the correct band. I am
> wondering if there is a problem with the Aux Cable. Any other suggestions?
>
> I am up to date on firmware for both the K3 and KPA500.
>
> The amp runs very quiet and is silky smooth in full QSK mode. I just need to
> get the band changing issue resolved. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dave, N4QS
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