Ron, Would it be possible to put some sort of RF detector between the rig and the amp to trigger the KEY line? That would seem to be a relatively simple DIY project if need be.
- Brendon KK6AYI On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > I was just informed by the design engineer that it does NOT sense RF to > transmit, so you need to provide a way to ground the KEY line input to the > KXPA100 to transmit. > > My apologies. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron > D'Eau Claire > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 11:20 AM > To: 'lstavenhagen'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3S 10W models with KXPA100 > > It works very well with just about any QRP rig. Complete instructions for > use with rigs other than the KX3 are included in the Owner's manual, > available from the Elecraft web site here: > > > http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740199%20KXPA100%20Owner's%20Manual%20Rev%20 > A5.pdf > > It will work well even with QRP rigs that do not have a key line to enable > the amp. The amp will sense the presence of RF drive and switch to transmit > automatically. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > lstavenhagen > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 6:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3/K3S 10W models with KXPA100 > > Hi all, > May be a bit silly of a question, but how well does the KXPA 100 work with > the K3 or K3S 10W model? Reason I ask is I now have 3 10W rigs (K3, K3S and > a K2) and may be building a 4th soon (another K2/10). And in the very rare > event when do go QRO, it would probably be cheaper to just get one 100W amp > to use with them all than 4 100W amp modules for each. > > So my idea is a KXPA100 for my QRO ops with each one. So just curious how > well this amp works with the K3 and K3S? I would imagine it'd be similar to > using it with the K2 or ? > > Thanks, > LS > W5QD > > > > -- > View this message in context: > > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-K3S-10W-models-with-KXPA100-tp761436 > 4.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] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
