Sam, I run the KX3 line: KX3 to a KXPA100 to an Ameritron ALS-600 to the KAT500. Little lines all over the place, and hi-power LMR-type coax out of the linear. Cardinal rule, I am told, is to avoid those high power RF coax cables as much as possible in proximity. For instance, never drape a control cable or a display cable across the coax. You’ve probably tried all of this, but my two cents.
David Ahrendts, KC0XT, LA > On Dec 22, 2014, at 6:24 AM, Sam Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > > My K3-KAT500-KPA500 has been working fine for 5 weeks now. (added the KPA500 > Nov. 10, 2014) > > > Last night I had to move some cables around with in the rats nest behind my > K3. Unrelated cables, so I thought, they were for the VGA output for the P3 > to add a data switch before the external monitor. After the move everything > was still working just as it should. I shut down for the night. > > When I turned everything on this morning the K-Line has started acting > strange. > > The K3 no longer flashes the KPA500 line across the VFO B window. > > I have CONFIG: PWR SET = Per Band, *BUT* the K3 no longer has 2 power > settings (one for KPA500 in op and one for KPA500 in stby) > However the KPA500 *does* change bands with the K3's change of Bands. > > > The K3 does flash the KAT500 line in the VFO B window. > The KAT500 does change antennas as related to the band it is on. > The KAT500 no longer knows I have moved the K3's frequency within a band, so > no longer (pretunes) to that new frequency. > and Yes CONFIG: KAT3 shows KAT500y > The KAT500 tunes fine when it is in AUTO and sees rf. > > I even went back to a previously saved K3 configuration. > I unseated and reseated the KAT500 to KAT500 Cable. > > To summarize, I have lose the safety feature of the K3 knowing it has a > KPA500 so it doesn't have 2 drive levels, and the KAT500 no longer pretunes > to a new frequency when the K3 is moved to the new frequency within the same > band. > > Yet it seems some parts of the K-Line are still communicating with each other. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > -- > God Bless, > Sam Morgan > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] David Ahrendts [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
