Not a problem here in the 10 months I have owned it. Temp never gets above 60 degrees, fans never go into highest speed. If the SWR is high, it takes care of itself and lets you know about it with a beep in the headset and some text on the K3 display screen. The difference in operating Low Power (where I do most domestic contests) and High Power (where I do everything else) is one button: The power switch on the KPA500. With that button, I am given the choice of operating a 500w transceiver or a 100w transceiver.
Lu Romero W4LT K3/P3/KRX3/KPA500 and a K1 -------------------------- Message: 6 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:48:52 -0500 From: Richard Thorne <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] KPA-500 in Contest Conditions Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hows the KPA-500 holding up under contest conditions for SSB and CW? I've read the reviews on eham but there was only one that referenced performance in contest conditions (and it was favorable). I'm curious if the temp stays down and if power is lost as it heats up? Thanks Rich - N5ZC ______________________________________________________________ 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
