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W3CP

May 01, 2009; 1:00am

How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

The K3 went to LP yesterday without me knowing it. I was surprised that no
one on the QCWA CW net could hear me until I finally looked at the power
meter. When CONFIG TX GN is examined, it says LP but I don't find a way to
make it go to HP. If the PA has failed the K3 didn't tell me.

I had planned on using the K3 for the 7th Call Area party tomorrow, and I
hope some one can help this over-the-hill operator understand how to use
this radio.

73, Jim w3cp

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Matt Zilmer

May 01, 2009; 1:11am

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

I'm using FW rev MCU 3.11 / DSP 2.15, but a lot of revs back I saw the
K3 reset to LP from HP when a high SWR was encountered. Only noticed
this afterward [not watching the RF power meter at the time]. Had to
manually set CONFIG:KPA3 back to nor to get HP capability back.

I haven't seen this since, but it might be a bug. For my part, I just
thought it was operator error...

73,
matt W6NIA
K3 #24

On Fri, 01 May 2009 01:00:51 +0000, you wrote:

>The K3 went to LP yesterday without me knowing it. I was surprised that no
>one on the QCWA CW net could hear me until I finally looked at the power
>meter. When CONFIG TX GN is examined, it says LP but I don't find a way to
>make it go to HP. If the PA has failed the K3 didn't tell me.
>
>I had planned on using the K3 for the 7th Call Area party tomorrow, and I
>hope some one can help this over-the-hill operator understand how to use
>this radio.
>
>73, Jim w3cp
>
>
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N5GE

May 01, 2009; 3:34am

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

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On Fri, 1 May 2009 01:00:51 -0000, "W3CP" <[hidden email]> wrote:

[snip]

Did you try increasing the power with the PWR knob at the lower left
of VFO A?

Tom, N5GE
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Greg - AB7R

May 01, 2009; 3:42am

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

In reply to this post by W3CP

Jim,
If you have the power set above 13W it will say HP. Exit the menu and
change the Power setting to below 13W and it will say LP.

73
Greg
AB7R

On Apr 30, 2009, at 6:00 PM, W3CP wrote:

> The K3 went to LP yesterday without me knowing it. I was surprised
> that no
> one on the QCWA CW net could hear me until I finally looked at the
> power
> meter. When CONFIG TX GN is examined, it says LP but I don't find a
> way to
> make it go to HP. If the PA has failed the K3 didn't tell me.
>
> I had planned on using the K3 for the 7th Call Area party tomorrow,
> and I
> hope some one can help this over-the-hill operator understand how to
> use
> this radio.
>
> 73, Jim w3cp
>
>
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W3CP

May 02, 2009; 5:23am

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

In reply to this post by Matt Zilmer

Many thanks to W6NIA,NT6A,N5GE,& AB7R for advice and suggestions, but still
no success. Finally went to Elecraft Utility, did a update and turned the
radio off. Sometime later I turned the radio on and it was on HP! All
operation seemed normal; it could be switched from HP to LP and then back to
HP with the PWR knob, just as it should and as it didn't when the problem
ocurred. Sort of an unsatisfactory fix, don't know the cause or the cure.

73, Jim w3cp

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Matt Zilmer

May 02, 2009; 5:27am

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

And strangely, this problem will never trouble you again.... I hope
so, anyway.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Sat, 02 May 2009 05:23:43 +0000, you wrote:

>
>Many thanks to W6NIA,NT6A,N5GE,& AB7R for advice and suggestions, but still
>no success. Finally went to Elecraft Utility, did a update and turned the
>radio off. Sometime later I turned the radio on and it was on HP! All
>operation seemed normal; it could be switched from HP to LP and then back to
>HP with the PWR knob, just as it should and as it didn't when the problem
>ocurred. Sort of an unsatisfactory fix, don't know the cause or the cure.
>
>73, Jim w3cp
>
>
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Joe Subich, W4TV-4

May 02, 2009; 1:48pm

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

In reply to this post by W3CP

> Many thanks to W6NIA,NT6A,N5GE,& AB7R for advice and
> suggestions, but still no success. Finally went to Elecraft
> Utility, did a update and turned the radio off.

What software were you using when the K3 was put into the
low power mode? If your software is using the K22 enhanced
command set and sets low power using the enhanced command
(PC###N where N=0) the KPA3 is disabled.

The solution is to use the same software to reset power to
more than 20 watts (PC0201) or use CONFIG:KAPA3 to enable
high power (PA nor).

Longer term, application software should avoid the enhanced
K2 CAT command mode or always use the set power command with
"1" as the final digit (e.g., PC0101 to set 10 watts) to avoid
disabling the KPA3.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of W3CP
> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 1:24 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)
>
>
>
> Many thanks to W6NIA,NT6A,N5GE,& AB7R for advice and
> suggestions, but still
> no success. Finally went to Elecraft Utility, did a update
> and turned the
> radio off. Sometime later I turned the radio on and it was on HP! All
> operation seemed normal; it could be switched from HP to LP
> and then back to
> HP with the PWR knob, just as it should and as it didn't when
> the problem
> ocurred. Sort of an unsatisfactory fix, don't know the cause
> or the cure.
>
> 73, Jim w3cp
>
>
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k0wa@swbell.net

May 02, 2009; 3:14pm

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

That is the answer Joe. I was caught on this using K3 EZ program. I was doing a SWR plot on my antenna and it set it to low power and did not set it back. I had to look around to see what was going on but figured it out. I hope that gets fixed.

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--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Joe Subich, W4TV <[hidden email]> wrote:
From: Joe Subich, W4TV <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)
To: "'W3CP'" <[hidden email]>, [hidden email]
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:48 AM

> Many thanks to W6NIA,NT6A,N5GE,& AB7R for advice and
> suggestions, but still no success. Finally went to Elecraft
> Utility, did a update and turned the radio off.

What software were you using when the K3 was put into the
low power mode? If your software is using the K22 enhanced
command set and sets low power using the enhanced command
(PC###N where N=0) the KPA3 is disabled.

The solution is to use the same software to reset power to
more than 20 watts (PC0201) or use CONFIG:KAPA3 to enable
high power (PA nor).

Longer term, application software should avoid the enhanced
K2 CAT command mode or always use the set power command with
"1" as the final digit (e.g., PC0101 to set 10 watts) to avoid
disabling the KPA3.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

... [show rest of quote]

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Dick Dievendorff

May 12, 2009; 10:40pm

Re: How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

In reply to this post by W3CP

Jim, if you're observing unexpected behavior with the K3 Utility please
consult the K3 Utility Help section on that topic. If I get a question that
isn't answered in Help, I try to get that question answered in a subsequent
revision of the K3 Utility's Help text.

The first two sentences in the K3 Utility Help topic on 50 Watt Transmitter
Gain Calibration are "The 50 watt calibration page is shown only if a KPA3
100-watt Power Amplifier has been installed and enabled through the K3
CONFIG:KPA3 menu selection. The K3 CONFIG:KPA3 menu selection must be "PA
nor" for 50 watt calibration".

I don't know how you initially got the KPA3 out of "PA nor", but that's what
has to change to get more than 12 watts.

73 de Dick, K6KR

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [Elecraft] How do I make my K3 go to HP (100 W)

The K3 went to LP yesterday without me knowing it. I was surprised that no
one on the QCWA CW net could hear me until I finally looked at the power
meter. When CONFIG TX GN is examined, it says LP but I don't find a way to
make it go to HP. If the PA has failed the K3 didn't tell me.

I had planned on using the K3 for the 7th Call Area party tomorrow, and I
hope some one can help this over-the-hill operator understand how to use
this radio.

73, Jim w3cp

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