KPA500 #1584 alive an running

[Oli, DL1OLI]

Hello List,

I am pleased to announce that the Elecraft KPA 500 #1584 is alive and running fine.

This morning i collected the package from the customs office. After I arrived at home I checked all the parts.
Nothing was missing so I started the assembley. After about 5 hours the KPA emmitted the first Radio signal.

Now it is connected to my K3 with the KPAK3AUX (the 15 pole and the Y-cable) cable and the K3 shows messages from the KPA500 if I press OPER/STBY
but shouldn't the K3 decrease the power to 40W in OPER ? And in standby increase to 100W?

Fw K3: 4.60 FE KPA:1.23

What can be the fault?

73 Oli
DL1OLI/AJ4UR
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[Oli, DL1OLI]

Hello List,

I am pleased to announce that the Elecraft KPA 500 #1584 is alive and running fine.

This morning i collected the package from the customs office. After I arrived at home I checked all the parts.
Nothing was missing so I started the assembly. After about 5 hours the KPA500 emitted the first Radio signal.

Now it is connected to my K3 with the KPAK3AUX (the 15 pole and the Y-cable) cable and the K3 shows messages from the KPA500 if I press OPER/STBY.
Even the automatic power reduction works after I set Config:PWR SET = per band.

About 30 Watts seems to be enough drive. Next step KAT500 ...

73 Oli
DL1OLI/AJ4UR
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[Richard Ferch]

DL1OLI wrote:

> the K3 shows messages from the KPA500 if I press OPER/STBY but shouldn't the K3 \
> decrease the power to 40W in OPER ? And in standby increase to 100W?
>
> Fw K3: 4.60 FE KPA:1.23
>
> What can be the fault?

Oli, IIRC you need to set the K3's CONFIG:PWR SET menu item to PER BAND
to make this work. In PER BAND mode, the K3 will remember two different
power settings on each band; one when the KPA500 is off or in STANDBY,
and a different one for when the KPA500 is in OPERATE.

73,
Rich VE3KI
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