Simple and elegant solution which you stated yourself.
Turn or tap the power control before firing up the amp.
Jerry.Van wrote:
I hate to add one more request to the firmware enhancements list that
Elecraft is diligently working on but here goes.
Many were anxiously awaiting the PWR SET>Per Band menu item which has
now been implemented in the current firmware. Especially anxious were
those that are driving SS amplifiers. While this is a welcome
addition I don't think it is enough to protect amps, especially the SS
amps.
Many times I find myself sometimes using the full 100 watts out of the
K3 and other times driving an amp which may require considerably less
power out of the K3 and doing this on all bands that I normally use.
There is still a danger in driving an amp even with the Power Per Band
option. It may be a few minutes later or several days later when I
decide to go back to a band that I had last set my power level to 100
watts. If during this time I decide to crank up the amp I may not
realize that the K3 is now set to 100 watts in that there is no visual
indication unless I turn or tap the PWR control. Now I transmit with
the amp inline and suffer the potential consequences. Yes, all of us
should be more careful but with what seems to be expanded usage of the
general purpose, quick, and per band memories perhaps there is an easy
solution.
Might it be a good idea to allow the storage and then recall of the
power level in those memories on a per band basis? Personally I would
like to store a power level appropriate for driving my amp on each
band. So when I select a particular band via a memory recall I can be
absolutely assured that it is at a specific and known level each and
every time that I use one of the memories. If my intention is to run
the full 100 watts than I will need to crank the PWR control. Better
doing that than risk damage to an amp. The current PWR SET>Per Band
would remain intact.
Comments?
Jerry N8BM
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