*Jack, That has been my suspicion since the KPA500FT arrived. I wait till the banner has cleared AND the kpa500 has been acknowledged by the K3.
In the early days of testing I noticed this anomaly quite often but since I started to 'wait' for the K-Line to complete 'turn on' the issue has not returned. Gary * On 28 October 2012 03:31, Jack Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > My theory on the "Peculiar behavior" issue: > I have seen this problem several times before and finally decided it's an > issue of interrupted "handshaking" between the K3 and KPA500. Seems that > all communicating digital devices go through and introduction to confirm > communication before they get down to business. > My solution is to power on the K3, > -wait till the banner has cleared and then hit the KPA500 front panel ON > button. > -Wait till the "KPA500 On" banner has cleared and then switch from Standby > to Operate. > > When I have taken the few extra seconds to all the handshaking to > complete, I don't recall ever seeing a failure of the KPA500 to deliver > full power. > > God Bless & 73!Jack - WE5ST > > > ________________________________ > From: W5RDW <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 12:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500] Peculiar behavior : no power output on > Operate > > Update........ > > I just turned on the K3/KPA500/P3 as usual (KPA500 is OPER, not Standby) > and > listened to the band for awhile. I heard a strong station calling on 12 > meters SSB from Scotland and gave him a call and noticed only the K3 was > putting out power (probably 20 or so watts, the low drive I usually use to > drive the KPA500). He answered me and I then came back to him on the OVER, > but now, the K3/KPA500 was putting out 400-450 watts as normal > -- > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- *Gary* *Start the day off slow, then taper off.........* K3 #679 KPA500FT #18 KAT500FT 007 P3 #1629 ______________________________________________________________ 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
