Yes it does (band switching works both from K3 and KPA) -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af Cady, Fred Sendt: 6. december 2013 16:21 Til: 'David Withers'; Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) Cc: '[email protected]' Emne: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 and/or KAT500 problem?
Is the KPA switching to the same band as the K3? It should but is it? Fred Cady fcady at ieee dot org > "Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Just had a problem on the KPA+KAT setup while working on 80m last > night. It worked without any problems until that moment, so I'm > confident something really did change. > >I have contacted Elecraft support, but it occurs to me that someone > >in > this forum might have had a similar experience and may know what has > gone wrong. > > > >On a D.L. either directly on the KPA or via the KAT I have a high SWR > on the K3 (ATU in bypass mode) as soon as the KPA is set OPER. > >I need K3 P= 60W to produce 500W into the D.L , but since the K3 SWR > is so high I don't know what power is received by the KPA. Before all > this I needed 18W to get 500W out on 80m. > > > >With the KPA in STBY the KAT operates normally on both my antennas > with K3 at 100W. > >While still on the antenna with KAT having the C and L values found > above, as soon as I set KPA = OPER - even with K3 power set to 2W - I > see a very high SWR on both KPA and KAT, while the KPA indicates no > current or output power. > > > >I am confused, but probably one single fault can explain this. > >Anyone here knows? > > > >73 de OZ4UN > >Poul-Erik ______________________________________________________________ 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
