K2 Hard Power Down/Power UP

[Brian - N5BCN]

Hi,

I currently have my K2 powered by an Alinco switching power supply.

Will it hurt the K2 to have it's power button always depressed ("on") and turn the unit on and off by turning the power supply on and off (versus using the K2's on/off button)?

My concern is that the switching power supply may not provided instantaneous 13.8 voltage, and was wondering if the "voltage ramp up" might be harmful to the K2.

The reason I'd like to do this is that I have an A/C outlet that can be remotely turned on and off through an ethernet connection.  Therefore, I can turn the power supply on and off remotely, which would allow me to turn the K2 on and off remotely.  Using the "Wake on LAN" feature on my computer, I could theoretically have my entire station powered down and started up remotely.

Thanks for any input.

73

N5BCN - Brian

[Don Wilhelm-4]

  Brian,

I can't think of anything that would hurt the K2 - but the K3 is a
different story, but then the K3 has provisions for Remote Power On.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/29/2010 12:16 PM, Brian - N5BCN wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I currently have my K2 powered by an Alinco switching power supply.
>
> Will it hurt the K2 to have it's power button always depressed ("on") and
> turn the unit on and off by turning the power supply on and off (versus
> using the K2's on/off button)?
>
> My concern is that the switching power supply may not provided instantaneous
> 13.8 voltage, and was wondering if the "voltage ramp up" might be harmful to
> the K2.
>

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