hello I am in the station right now. Connected a Dummy Load to ANT1 KPA1500 and tested each band, driving with 25 watts
160 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: PWR DISS 2973 watts - on K3 display: FAULT 11 80 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: PWR DISS 2776 watts - on K3 display: FAULT 11 60 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: PWR DISS 2919 watts - on K3 display: FAULT 11 40 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: LOW GAIN RATIO 2 - on K3 display: FAULT 6 30 mts: IS OK. on KPA1500 display: 10 Mhz 53A 20C PWR 1482W 1.0:1 20 mts: IS OK, but a little lower power. on KPA1500 display: 14 Mhz 47A 22C PWR 1268W 1.0:1 17 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: PWR DISS 2647 watts - on K3 display: FAULT 11 15 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: LOW GAIN RATIO 0 - on K3 display: FAULT 6 12 mts: too much lower power, only 240 watts. on KPA1500 display: 24 Mhz 24A 22C PWR 240W 1.0:1 10 mts: too much lower power, only 558 watts. on KPA1500 display: 28 Mhz 50A 25C PWR 558W 1.0:1 6 mts: on KPA1500 display: FAULT: PWR DISS 2295 watts - on K3 display: FAULT 11 So it seems my KPA1500 is very bad, hope I can fix it locally! 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> El lun, 15 may 2023 a las 11:43, Jorge Diez - CX6VM (<[email protected]>) escribió: > Hello Pete > > thanks for the reply > > last weekend I disconnected the K3/0 Mini at home (I use it remotely with > my antennas farm in the contest site > > When I connected it again i notice that on 6 mts band the audio was very > low, i need to full increase LINE on my Tascam audio box and also the AF on > the K3/0 mini > > Now I notice that when I increase power on the K3/0 mini, does > not increase on the station, KPA1500 show me 25 watts for example, but I > increased the K3/0 mini power to 90 watts > > So I think I will need to go to the station to see if there´s something > wrong there > > All my monobands antennas are 1:1, and a warc tribander is under 2:1 and > KPA1500 tuner adjust the t3 warc bands with no problem to 1:1 or 1.3:1 > > 73, > Jorge > CX6VM/CW5W > > > > El lun, 15 may 2023 a las 10:24, Pete Smith N4ZR (<[email protected]>) > escribió: > >> Jorge, do you have a dummy load? If so, Can you try your amp on it >> instead of an antenna. Also, try turning your transceiver down so that it >> is only putting out half of normal when driving the amp, and see if the >> amp's tuner works better then. Does your tuner EVER reach a low SWR on any >> band, any antenna? >> >> 73, Pete N4ZR >> >> On 5/15/2023 7:05 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: >> >> hello >> >> this weekend I have two new messages on KPA1500 >> >> HIGH DISS and GAIN LOW >> >> I was trying to TUNE again my antennas on different bands and appears HIGH >> DISS >> >> Any idea what´s wrong? >> >> > > -- > 73, > Jorge > CX6VM/CW5W > -- 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W ______________________________________________________________ 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]
