Uh - oh... Then perhaps what I'm doing is not 'best-practice'. I just leave the K3 connected and --powered on--, and I can drive the KPA500 from another radio and the KPA500 follows it and works perfectly. I even have the PTT connections from both radios paralleled (the other radio is a FLEX-5000A), so the only thing I need to do is change the source of the rf drive to the KPA500.
73, Dale WA8SRA On 9/14/2012 6:39 AM, Jack Brindle wrote: > Yes. It must be disconnected. The K3 is loading the band and PTT inputs to > the KPA, pulling them low. This has two effects - it will cause the KPA to > change to 60 meters, and the KPA will transition into transmit. If you wish > to use the KPA500 with another transmitter, you will need to first disconnect > it from the K3. > > Jack Brindle, W6FB > Elecraft Engineering > > > On Sep 14, 2012, at 12:26 AM, eric norris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tonight I tried to use my KX3 with my KPA500, but when I turn off the K3 >> that it is attached to via AUXBUS, then put the KPA500 into OPERATE mode, >> the asterisk comes on and it is in TX, which means that the receiver of the >> KX3 goes deaf. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or have I messed up >> a setting? Will I have to remove the AUXBUS cable from the K3--even though >> the K3 is turned off--whenever I want to use the KPA500 with another rig? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Eric WD6DBM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
