Great testimonial on Elecraft quality and the KPA500
Irwin, KD3TB
On Monday, September 30, 2013, KD3TB wrote:
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I ran the KPA500 in the CQWW RTTY contest this weekend. With a drive
power of 15 to 20W from the K3, I kept the KPA500 output between 350 and
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I ran the KPA500 in the CQWW RTTY contest this weekend. With a drive power
of 15 to 20W from the K3, I kept the KPA500 output between 350 and 400W
output. Even during runs (calling CQ), the temperature never went above 65
degrees on the KAT500 meter. The cooling
Irwin, I ran mine at 500W for 20 hrs. 1268 QSO fan speed fixe at 4
and no problem. 60% of the time in RUN/CQ mode.
73, Claude VE2FK
From: KD3TB
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 11:35 AM
To: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA500 in the RTTY Contest
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I ran
FWIW: I run my KPA500 at 500W in any mode [well ... not PSK31 :-)] and
it handles it just fine. I seem to remember, during the KPA500 field
testing, that Jim, K9YC, was told to run his at 700W in a RTTY contest
and it did it just fine there too. Difference between 400 and 500 is
less than
I run mine on 6 meter meteor scatter at full power all the time. Sometimes for
up to an hour continuous (30 seconds on, 30 seconds off). I have mentioned
this to Elecraft and they didn't have any concerns about it.
73 de Sebastian, W4AS
On Sep 30, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Fred Jensen
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:27:13 -0400, Claude Du Berger wrote:
Irwin, I ran mine at 500W for 20 hrs. 1268 QSO fan speed fixe at 4
and no problem. 60% of the time in RUN/CQ mode.
FYI, that is NOT a fixed speed. It is just the minimum speed that it
will run instead of ramping down to the lowest or
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