Gary, Our support engineers have been trying to reach you with no luck. Could your system be blocking them with a spam filter?
We never ignore received support emails. David emailed you again today, did you receive it? 73, Eric elecraft.com _..._ On Aug 9, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Gary Gregory <vk1zzg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <a...@dseven.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Gary Gregory <vk1zzg...@gmail.com> 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: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
