Re: [Elecraft] K3, KPA500, KAT500 and 2M brick amp keying

2019-05-29 Thread Joel Hallas
llas, W1ZR -- Message: 23 Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 10:32:19 -0400 From: Don Wilhelm To: Mike Sanders , Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3, KPA500, KAT500 and 2M brick amp keying Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Mike, The real answer to your questi

Re: [Elecraft] K3, KPA500, KAT500 and 2M brick amp keying

2019-05-29 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, The real answer to your question is - do you have a problem with the KPA500 and your 2M brick amplifier being keyed at the same time? There should be no RF input to the KPA500 when on 2M, and when on HF+6M there should be no RF input to your 2M amplifier. So, are you OK with keying

Re: [Elecraft] K3, KPA500, KAT500 and 2M brick amp keying

2019-05-29 Thread Jim Rhodes
I don't have room to set it all up right now, but I have done that in the past. Just left the KPA500 & KAT500 unpowered. Also with an external 430 transverter and amp. Jim Rhodes K0XU On Wed, May 29, 2019, 08:10 Mike Sanders wrote: > I have a K3 with built in 2M transverter. The K3 drives the

[Elecraft] K3, KPA500, KAT500 and 2M brick amp keying

2019-05-29 Thread Mike Sanders
I have a K3 with built in 2M transverter. The K3 drives the KPA500 and KAT500 with the KPAK3AUX. Everything works fine. I do not have the key line interrupter installed. Reading notes 5 and 6 on the KPAK3AUX I am a bit confused. I want to key a 2M brick amplifier with the key out line on the