I'm seeing exactly the same behavior. You have to cycle to standby and back to operate if turning on the amp and it's set to start up in operate. Also, if I set the pwr in the K3 to "nor", the drive and bypass power feature doesn't seem to work at all. To have the feature work, I have to have the pwr set to "by band".
Sent from my iPad Chuck, KE9UW (Jack for BMW motorcycles) On Dec 20, 2012, at 5:02 PM, "Gary Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steve Jackson >> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:31 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500] latest upgrade >> >> Don >> >> I believe that I do, and, apparently it wasn't. >> >> The new amp code is set to work 'better' with the KAT500, which I do not >> have, since I would need a remote version and that's either not yet >> available or it won't ever be available, I can't tell which. >> >> I will simply go back to the old version of KPA500 code since it was fine >> for my use. >> >> Steve >> >> *** >> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Steve, >>> >>> Do you have both the K3 and the KPA firmware up to the latest level. >>> I recall seeing something about that relationship before, and I am >>> thinking it has been fixed. >>> >>> 73, >>> Don W3FPR >>> >>> >>> On 12/20/2012 4:43 PM, Steve Jackson wrote: >>> >>>> My KPA500 used to very reliably automatically set the radio to the >> 'drive >>>> power' setting when I switched the amp on. >>>> >>>> Now, I installed the latest amplifier firmware and it doesn't do that >>>> anymore ... I have to manually toggle the OPER / STBY function. >>>> >>>> Was I supposed to change a variable that I missed? >>>> >>>> Steve KZ1X >>>> >>>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > *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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
