Hi Jim. Yep, Ora caught me offline and put me back on track. It's was a case of me thinking RF flow and Ora was talking about keying.
73, Kev K4VD On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Jim Rhodes <jimk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think he means the control cable. KAT500 comes before KPA500 there and > three tunes has the ability to interpret PTT to the amp. > > > Jim Rhodes > K0XU > > On May 1, 2017 10:06, "Kevin - K4VD" <ke...@k4vd.net> wrote: > > Hi Ora... > > I'm confused. You say you removed the tuner and connected the amp directly > to the transceiver? > > My transceiver is connected directly to the amp at all times. The tuner is > between the antenna and the amp. Removing the tuner would connect the > antenna directly to the amp (ok if a good, resonant antenna I think). > > The tuner should not be placed between the transceiver and the amp. > > Did I misread your post maybe? In my mind, it is still very early in the > morning. :) > > 73, > Kev K4VD > > > > On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Ora Smith <orasm...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > I recently encountered an odd problem which I thought I would share in > > case anyone else experiences it. My KPA500/KTA500 combo refused to work > on > > 20 meters. It appeared that the amp was not keying, but only on this > band. > > I suspected a problem in the amp, but when I removed the tuner and > > connected the amp directly to the transceiver everything worked fine. It > > turned out that the firmware in the tuner was somehow corrupted. I > > installed the latest firmware into the KTA500 and now everything works > FB. > > > > 73, > > > > Ora > > W9DJ > > > > Ora Smith > > orasm...@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to ke...@k4vd.net > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jimk...@gmail.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
