I had a KPA500 at my remote station and I know that I have managed to leave it on in Operate for weeks at a time by accident.
I don't think you need to worry about it. Besides, it is a great watt meter even if you are in standby! Mike va3mw On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 8:14 PM T.H. Bauer <[email protected]> wrote: > Victor makes a good point. Although I no longer have pets, if I leave the > station (K3 + KPA500/KAT500) powered ON, > I place the KPA500 in Stby and the K3 into Test mode. That (hopefully) > ensures no errant transmissions while I am > away from the shack. > I have to admit that I have sometimes returned and forgotten to put the K3 > back into Normal mode. Then I wonder > why there are no responses to my calls (!!). Iguess at 73 I'm entitled to a > few of those mistakes. > 73 > --- > Ted WA3AER > CWops #1879 > > Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:53:54 +0200 > From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500...standby vs. operate > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > If you have a pet larger than a goldfish, you should probably put it > into standby. Unless your pet is licensed to transmit. > > 73, > Victor, 4X6GP > Rehovot, Israel > Formerly K2VCO > CWops no. 5 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
