I have my FTdx101D set to 50 watts max output. Been guilty of forgetting to turn it back to 20 watts a couple of times. So far been lucky. It seems to have survived 50 watts but it sure set the alarm off.
John K7FD > On Aug 22, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Kevin, N4TT <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe accidentally hitting the KPA500 with 200 w while in operate > stands a real chance of damaging the KPA500. I have a broken KPA500 in the > shack that was damaged with a 100 watt rig (not sure if 100 watts was being > sent). Paper troubleshooting here on the list seems to indicate one of the > PIN switching diodes broke. History of the conversation should be in the > list archives. > > 73, > Kev N4TT > >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 7:29 AM Nr4c <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yeah, the group. We could take a vote. Or just ask Elecraft directly. This >> seems more of a tech support question to me. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ...nr4c. bill >> >> >>> On Aug 21, 2019, at 11:49 PM, Jim Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Well, if you overdrive it in operate mode it just drops out to standby. >> So >>> no problem there (I wouldn't make a habit of it though). As far as 200 >>> watts in standby I will have to defer to the group. >>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:16 PM Tom <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> HI, >>>> I am setting up a multi-radio to one antenna switch and to get the >> maximum >>>> flexibility I would like to pass all of them through a KPA500 / KAT500 >>>> combination. So several radios connected to a switch, the output of the >>>> switch to the input of the KPA500 and from there out to the KAT500. >>>> All of the radios are under 100W but one is 200W. Will this be an issue >>>> with the KPA500 in bypass? >>>> A related question, what if I accidently put the 200W in in operate? >> Just >>>> covering all my bases here. >>>> Thanks, Tom >>>> Va2fsq.com >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
