On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun,11/9/2014 2:18 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: > >> How much power out were you running on RTTY with your KPA500? I'm >> interested because I have the amp, but have not yet used it on digital >> modes (use the K3 barefoot at 25 W or so). >> > > During KPA500 beta, I was loaned one for a major RTTY contest weekend and > told to run it "with all the lights lit." I did, and it worked fine. In the > 3-4 years I've owned one, I regularly run it at full power in digital modes > on all bands, 160-6M. When it gets warm, the fan speeds up, but it > continues to put out full power. This includes digital modes like FSK441 > and JT65A on 6M, and lots of RTTY on the HF bands. > > Just to echo what Jim said, we used the KPA500 at W7RN on RTTY for W1AW/7 NV WARC bands at full output, ran as cool as a clam. 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ [email protected] Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak ______________________________________________________________ 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]
