I shorted the line to the amp and sure enough the * shows up. Hooked the line backup to the Flex and still no *. So something has gone wonky in the Flex. Thanks for the help! Zack ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "iain macdonnell - N6ML" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: "Elecraft List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 7:28:31 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Has my KPA500 failed? On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have been using my KPA500 almost daily for two months with my Flex-5000. The > last time I used it was last night (2/5) and it shut down like normal. > > Powered up the rig and the amp as I heard 9Y4LS on 18 and could use him on > SSB. Hit OPER and then Tune on my rig. Hmm, 25 watts in and 25 watts out of > the KPA?? Switched to 20 meters and hit tune again. Still 25 watts out and > the band display stayed where it started which was 3.5. Powered down the rig > and amp, powered both back up but still getting the same result. And there > are no faults showing. Looked in the user manual but nothing there seems to > apply. > > So as of now I am not getting any power out and it does not switch bands. > > Anyone have any thoughts on these issues? Sounds like it's not getting keyed? This happened to someone else a few weeks ago, and he found that a cable had come loose ;) ~iain / N6ML ______________________________________________________________ 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
