Your symptoms may be completely unrelated to the discussion at hand (SWR-related faults). Please contact customer support and describe what happened.
73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 30, 2013, at 6:45 PM, "Dr. William J. Schmidt, II" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well mine sure didn't go into bypass...lots of thick black smoke and it > thought everything was just fine/ good to go...as I was running for the fire > extinguisher. It confused the heck out of me because the swr was well below > 2:1 (like 1.4:1) and I was well within power limits on CW. The good news is > that it still works... even baked. > > > Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ > > Owner - Operator > Big Signal Ranch > Staunton, Illinois > > email: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:42 PM > To: Bill W2BLC > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA500/KAT500 SWR problem > > This is correctable in firmware (we're looking into how best to achieve > that). > > It is extremely unlikely any damage would occur. Both the KAT500 and KPA500 > monitor a half-dozen parameters and go into bypass immediately if operation > is unsafe. > > Wayne2 > N6KR > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
