Re: [Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

2019-08-22 Thread Macy monkeys
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 wrote: > > I believe accidentally

Re: [Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

2019-08-22 Thread Kevin, N4TT
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

Re: [Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

2019-08-22 Thread Nr4c
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 wrote: > > Well, if you overdrive it in operate mode it just drops out to standby. So > no

[Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

2019-08-21 Thread Andy Durbin
According to the KPA500 Owner's Manual you can input 200 W in standby (page 16). "A related question, what if I accidentally put the 200W in in operate? Just covering all my bases here." Put some money away for the repair bill. I think the theory is that that KPA500 will switch in 3 dB

Re: [Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

2019-08-21 Thread Jim Rhodes
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 wrote: > HI, > I am setting up a multi-radio to one antenna

[Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

2019-08-21 Thread Tom
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