Andy & Ken, What is your experience here?
Irwin On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > As others have said, the mechanism the KAT500 uses to inhibit the > amplifier is the amplifier key line, sometimes labeled PTT. The KAT500 > manual shows cabling diagrams that cause the K3 key line to go thru a relay > in the KAT50o to the amp. The amp doesn't change to standby, it is simply > not keyed and therefore does not amplify during ATU tuning operations. > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > On Mar 16, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Bill Wiehe <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > > > As a follow up the recent information passed along on the subject under > another thread (* on KPA500) I am looking for some additional > clarification. I was under the impression that > > KPA500 would go into standby automatically when the KAT500 went into a > tune mode. > > Apparently this is not the case unless I have something set wrong. I > have found > > when changing bands if I initiate the K3 “tune cycle” the KPA500 will > not go into > > standby.The KPA500 goes in and out of transmit mode and eventually will > go into a "soft fault" if there is an initially high (SWR) while the KAT500 > continues to look for a match. The fault due to high reflected power of > course is as it should be and must be cleared to proceed. Just curious but > is this correct expectation or is there a > > set up function I missed that automatically places the KPA500 in standby > when the As I said I was under the impression that whenever > > the KAT500 did a tune the KAP500 would go into standby. > > This is not a major problem as I have set up the KPA500 now > > to go to standby whenever I change bands as well as initial start-up. I > am still curious however if I missed something. > > Thanks > > > > Bill – W0BBI > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > 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] <javascript:;> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Irwin KD3TB ______________________________________________________________ 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
