Just finished my first contest with the KPA-1500. Unit arrived yesterday in perfect condition. Packaging very professional. Putting on a new 220v AC plug took the longest of anything. Probably made the first Q less than an hour after the box was dropped off at the door.
Today was just a short CW contest (King of Spain). Everything was great. The fans do come on rather quickly even in a CW contest but with my headsets noise level wasn't objectionable. Will see when it comes time for a RTTY or SSB test. I did notice an occasional flashing of yellow and red in the SWR led string. I watched my inline meter and it showed nothing during those bursts so something is going on there. Believe this was noted by others. I ran the contest with 40w of drive from the TS-990S and produced in the area of 1400w. So far quite pleased. Richard *W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU, J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV *Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer* ______________________________________________________________ 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]
