I don't recall seeing an answer go by. I don't observe this anomaly, however I'm pretty much a CW operator. I do notice that, if I've had the power set to just light up the 500W LED and then turn the entire rig off, when I turn it back on, the 550W LED will light up when I first touch the paddle. Before I get more than a letter or two out, it's back to 500W.
73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 6/5/2012 2:00 PM, WE5ST wrote: > Was there a satisfactory answer given for this issue? I don't notice the > problem of limited power on 10-20 meters but on 40 it shows up. Several > "kick starts" are required to see full power then it's smooth sailing. > I see adequate ALC and am driving the amp with ~25 watts from my K3. Kicking > up K3 output or mic gain doesn't seem to matter in the first few > transmissions. > > ' > tomb18 wrote >> >> ......, if I turn it on,put it in operate and then transmit my call sign >> (in a pile up), the first few transmits are lower in power (around 50-100 >> watts) and it takes 7 or 8 of these before the power gets to 500W. >> If I then continue for a while searching for another station, the same >> thing can occur. >> >> Has anyone seen the same thing? >> Thanks, Tom VA2FSQ >> > > > Thanks! > Jack - WE5ST > > ----- > Jack - WE5ST > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA-500-Does-yours-need-time-to-warm-up-tp6967951p7557171.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5048 - Release Date: 06/05/12 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
