Hi Phil, I'll give you my opinion and I'll also assume that you are talking about your home shack and not a KPA500 that is operated remotely. I don't even use STBY. I have the menu set for the KPA500 to go into OPER on power up. When I don't want to use the KPA500 I just hit the power button to turn it off. The KPA500 is instant on so I don't see a lot of difference between STBY and OFF. I don't own a KAT500 so I don't know if my opinion would differ if I did.
I wouldn't think leaving the KPA500 turned on for long periods of time is any different than leaving the K3 on for long periods of time. I suppose some aging occurs and of course power is consumed. 73, Mike K2MK Phil Hystad-3 wrote > I have two questions (slightly related) about the KPA500. > > Question 1: Assuming that there is no transmitted signal at all, is there > any difference in whether a KPA500 is switched into OPER mode or STBY? > Does OPER mode, even though the KPA500 is not actually being used, draw > more power are there any other reasons to make sure that the KPA500 is in > STBY mode unless it is being used. > > Question 2: Is any harm caused when a KPA500 is left in OPER mode for > long periods of time though idle? > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to > [email protected] -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-Questions-tp7593288p7593294.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
