I've had that, but the K3 power goes to a hundred watts which causes it. I'm thinking that rf gets into the cable and tells the K3 to go back to 100 watts as if the KPA500 were switched to standby. Cycling the KPA between standby and on resets it.
Sent from my iPad Chuck, KE9UW (Jack for BMW motorcycles) On Jan 4, 2013, at 2:48 PM, "Bob G3PJT" <g3...@btinternet.com> wrote: > I have a frequent incidence of Fault 6 Excess power tripping. This seems to > occur only on 80m. I have the K3 and KPA500 linked with the AUX cable. I get > the trip even if the K3 output is zero! > If I unplug the AUX cable then the KPA500 works perfectly on all bands. > Any ideas as to why this happens? > > 73 Bob G3PJT > > > Sent by Ipad > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html