Steve, Some are having the problem it seems, I did and somehow I fiddled long enough it got tired of playing with me, or maybe it took pity on an old man and quit...:-)
FW sure is a 'Black Art' at times, or so it seems. For now, mine is behaving, I know not why, but it's playing in the sand box nicely and that is a good thing. 73's Gary On 21 December 2012 10:15, Steve Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary > > Had 1.18, it exhibits this error, easily reproduced. > > I went back to 1.11 and the problem goes away. > > Rig is running 4.60 ... I didn't go to 4.61 since it does nothing for this > issue and the single feature it has over 4.60 isn't worth the flash cycle. > I'm actually waiting for the day when the KPA500 band select buttons can > be set to act as band-stacking register controls on the K3. > > Another commented observed something about standby and not wanting exciter > power in that mode ... > ... of course, but, my amp is configured to power up in OPER mode. I > suspect so is George's. > > Manually cycling to STBY is ... well, manual. > The rig goes to regular output power when the KPA500 is set to STBY mode > with v1.11 or newer; that's not the issue being discussed. > > Steve KZ1X > > *** > > > I believe 1.15 had the issue, and 1.18 is the latest revision that should > have fixed the issue. > > Gary > > On 21 December 2012 09:41, GDanner <gdanner at windstream.net > <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft>> wrote: > > >* I'm having the same issue.*>**>* Recently I installed a KAT500 & upgraded > >both the KAT500 & KPA500 firmware.*>**>* I'm sure the K3 was sensing when to > >use full power (KPA500 = OFF or STBY)*>* or*>* reduced power (KPA500 = On & > >OPER) before; it did not seem to matter*>* whether*>* the K3 or KPA500 was > >turned on first.*>**>* Now I have to make sure both are on and then switch > >the KPA500 to STBY then*>* back to OPER otherwise the K3 sends full power > >(100 watts) to the KPA500 &*>* it faults.*>**>* George*>* AI4VZ* > > > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** KX3-K * ______________________________________________________________ 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
