I have the USB communicating at 38400  Will try and back that off and see if 
that helps!

Tom W4KX

From: Charles Johnson
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 6:29 PM
To: Tom Doligalski
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Strange Amplifier behavior

I have seen this happen when the K3 was connected to a computer via either USB 
or an RS232 serial cable and the computer was polling the K3 at a rapid rate 
(like several times a second) to determine its’ frequency and/or other 
operating parameters. This can cause the K3 to miss the data line signal from 
the KPA500. My solution was to slow the polling rate of the PC software.

73, Charles, K4ZRJ

 

> On Jul 5, 2020, at 17:07, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft 
> <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I have a relatively old K3, which I use together with a KPA500 and a KAT500. 
> Most of the time this works flawlessly. 
> 
> However, occasionally the K3 gets confused and doesn’t realize that the 
> KPA500 is in “Operate” mode (rather an in standby). This results in the K3 
> sending 100 watts to the amp, and the amp faults. 
> 
> Again, this doesn’t happen often, and I can’t ascertain why it occurs. Most 
> of the time all is OK. 
> 
> The K3, KPA500 and the KAT500 all are running the latest firmware. 
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> 73
> 
> Tom W4KX
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