Mine does this on several bands......
On Mon Aug 8 12:42 , "Robert Garceau" sent: >No problem on 10 meters on my #165 KPA500 >W1EQ, Bob > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[[email protected]] On Behalf Of Klaus Koppendorfer >Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 2:38 PM >To: Robert Redmon; [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior > >yes kpa-500 serial 230 has exactly the same behavior > >________________________________________ >Von: [email protected] >[[email protected]]" im Auftrag von "Robert Redmon >[[email protected]] >Gesendet: Montag, 08. August 2011 19:16 >Bis: [email protected] >Betreff: [Elecraft] KPA500 10 meter behavior > >I put my KPA500 on 10 today for the first time and noticed a rather >unexpected behavior. Often, on the first character of transmission, the >K3 drive power apparently spikes, driving the KPA500 to more than 700 >watts. This seems to stabilize following that first dit or two, but I >have to reduce drive to below 12 w before that behavior stops. Seems the >100 watt module in the K3 is behaving poorly. Anyone else noticed this? >Doesn't seem to be a problem on other bands. (SWR is 1.3:1). > >73, > >Bob K5SM >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: [email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: [email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: [email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
