Hi Ian, Yep that's it. Numerous emails to elecraft have not got me a fix for this either. Pretty annoying problem and a lack of effort by the factory to find what is causing the issue.
I know to 'fix' the problem each time, when the kpa500 is powered on, switch between oper/stby causes the issue to be resolved which is fine except that it is not the way the K-Line was meant to operate. regards On 10 August 2013 01:17, iain macdonnell - N6ML <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tried several times to get a fix for inconsistent power up issues. > > > > KPA500 power on set to OPERATE > > K3 set to 27w > > > > Turning on the kpa500 results in the K3 display showing ON (not operate) > > and the K3 stays at 100w output. > > I have asked elecraft for advice but no advice so far after several > weeks. > > > > I have checked the obvious things such as the auxbus cables and pins etc. > > Swapped them around but no change. > > > > Anyone else seen this? > > Yes, I have seen it, and reported it. IIRC, it seemed that there is an > "ON" message followed immediately by an "OPER" message, and sometimes > the latter gets dropped. When it fails, there's only one "beep" from > the K3. I never found a solution. > > I've since changed my (remote) setup so that the KPA500 has its 220V > supply cut off by a relay that hangs off the K3's 12v ACC, so it gets > a hard power-on when the K3 is powered on, and I no longer have the > problem. At least I think that's the only change I made... > > 73, > > ~iain / N6ML > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ http://www.qsl.net/vk1zz Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** * ______________________________________________________________ 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
