Oooops, sorry Jack...was thinking of the KAT500 antenna tuner. I have both the KAT500 tuner and the KPA500 amp. I have not seen your issue with the amp....but, do see a similar issue with the tuner.
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 24, 2016, at 10:17 AM, Jack <[email protected]> wrote: > > I really don't understand your comments since there is no tuner in the KPA500 > Jack > W4GRJ > > On Apr 24, 2016, at 10:14 AM, george allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the KPA500 is not tuned to the frequency you listening to, the signal > strength will be way idown as the radio is not tuned to the antenna. Transmit > to tune the antenna, and the signal will come back up. When in standby or > off, the tuner is out of the circuit so the antenna match MAY be some what > better. > > I too, see this in my shack. For example, tuner is on automatic, last > tranmit band was 20mtrs, and I listen to 40 mtrs...signal way down. > Transmit, the tuner tunes, and the signal strength is normal. > > If you have your K3 connected to the tuner to supply frequency info to the > tuner, and you have "trained" the tuner to preset tuning for frequencies you > use, this should not happen. > > In my case I am using a Flex6700 with the tuner...freq info not sent to the > tuner, so this is common for me. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 24, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Jack Satterfield <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This one has me scratching my head, when switching KPA500 from standby to >> operate the receiver signal drops about 30db otherwise it is operating >> Normally. >> >> Suggestions appreciated >> >> Jack >> >> W4GRJ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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]
