[Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-31 Thread john
I thought the saying was: "When all else fails, read the manual". John KK9A Jim Brown K9YC wrote: With every new thing that comes into my life, my first action is to RTFM. I am VERY frustrated that I can't do that with my Android phone, and was equally frustrated 20 years ago when asked to

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Rick NK7I
Print to (or download) the pdf version, then put that into a file space on your Android. 73, Rick NK7I > On Mar 30, 2022, at 12:53 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > On 3/30/2022 12:19 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: >> I think a case can be made that when the K3 says its setting for this >> is"NOR",

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/30/2022 12:19 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: I think a case can be made that when the K3 says its setting for this is"NOR", that should mean power per band. With every new thing that comes into my life, my first action is to RTFM. I am VERY frustrated that I can't do that with my Android

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Pete Smith N4ZR
Always good to have your input, Jim ... but I think a case can be made that when the K3 says its setting for this is"NOR", that should mean power per band.  After all, when you QSY band to band, don't you often wind up adjusting the power? 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Jim Brown
RTFM, Pete! :) 73, Jim K9YC On 3/30/2022 7:51 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: I finally found the PWR SET menu option.  I would have thought that the NOR setting would be per band, to facilitate quick QSY, but sure enough, mine was set to NOR (or presumably "fixed") with PER BAND being the

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Pete Smith N4ZR
Thanks to everyone who responded.  I finally found the PWR SET menu option.  I would have thought that the NOR setting would be per band, to facilitate quick QSY, but sure enough, mine was set to NOR (or presumably "fixed") with PER BAND being the alternative. Everything is fine now - after

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Bill Weaver
Hi Pete, Did you confirm that the drive power from the K3 was changing on 15M when you adjusted it on 80M and vice versa? I’ve never had this problem 160M through 6M. Sounds like something may be set wrong in the menu or a failure of some sort. 73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Mar 30,

Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
Pete, You have to set PWR SET in the CONFIG menu to PER BAND. 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel Formerly K2VCO CWops no. 5 http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ On 30-Mar-2022 17:17, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: For some time now, I've been noticing that after operating on 15M, my output power on 80  with my

[Elecraft] K3/KPA-1500 - Unexpected shift in per-band power

2022-03-30 Thread Pete Smith N4ZR
For some time now, I've been noticing that after operating on 15M, my output power on 80  with my K3/KPA-1500 would have to be turned down substantially to get within legal limits.  Today I decided to test this, using a dummy load.  I tweaked my input power on 15M to about 1450 watts, and then