Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 curious behavior

2013-10-25 Thread Joe Hutchens
Seems to be a threshold around 25 watts. for the two bands I checked. I drive my amp with 13 watts on 30 for 200 out, so in standby, I don't show any power. Joe Hutchens ( AJ8MH ) http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/ On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Robert Redmon wrote: Sorry if this

[Elecraft] KPA 500 curious behavior

2013-10-24 Thread Robert Redmon
Sorry if this is a duplicate message, but the original didn't (apparently) show up in the archives this morning. My KPA 500 has done something that confuses me. On _30 meters (only)_, it has stopped displaying PWR and SWR while in standby mode. Other bands work as always (displaying both pwr

Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 curious behavior

2013-10-24 Thread Jack Brindle
Bob; Stopped displaying it on the LEDs, LCD (when selected) or both? Most likely the transmitter is not outputting more than 25 watts on that band, so it is below the minimum threshold needed to display this info. Jack Brindle, W6FB On Oct 24, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Robert Redmon