Dave, while not a K2 I do drive my KPA500 with my KX3 and get about 350 watts output on 80 & 40. I have not used the KPA500 with the KX3 on the higher bands.
The KX3 has 15 watts output. Michael Blake k9...@mac.com <mailto:k9...@icloud.com> > On Oct 21, 2018, at 3:50 PM, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > > Check that -- one small error in prior post. The Twins configuration > includes the KPA100, not the 500. Can't type. Or can't think. One or the > other. > > Ted, KN1CBR > > On 10/21/18, 1:42 PM, "Dauer, Edward" <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > > Having used the KPA1500 long enough to be confident that mine has no > obvious bugs, I am trying to decide whether to keep my KPA500 / KAT500 or put > it up for sale. > > One possibility would be to use the 500s with a K2. I have a K2 with the > integral KPA100, and two without. The K2/100 has an RCA jack for the amp > keying line which should make things easy - just connect one end to the > KPA100 and the other to the KPA500, yes? > > Using a K2 alone as driver for the KPA500 is the question. There must be > an amplifier keying line somewhere in the K2 circuitry, since it can key a > KPA500 [should have read KPA100] in the two-box "twins" configuration; but > there is no mechanical output for it. Anyone done this who can help with > ideas? > > What kind of output from the KPA500 is possible with a barefoot K2 driving > it? Anything else I should know before trying this out? > > The band data is not a problem in either case, since the KPA500 has a > one-dit sensing circuit which will be adequate. (It also has band selection > buttons, of course.) > > Tnx, as always, for any advice, > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 k9...@mac.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
