KPA500 Question

[AJ8MH-Radio.Joe.Hutchens]

I just finished building the KPA500 and have it interfaced to my Yaesu
FT-950.  The KPA500 follows the 950 band changes and keys fine.
However, I have changed menu item "Band Change" to "STBY" from "NOR"
which should automatically switch the amp to STBY from OPER after a band
change.  Is this option just for the K3 or is there a software glitch in
the amp?

Thanks,
Joe Hutchens  ( AJ8MH )
http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/
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[Jack Brindle-2]

Make sure you set the menu parameter RADIO to BCD. The Band Change parameter should work just fine with the Yaesu.
Let me know if you continue to have problems with this.

Jack Brindle, W6FB
Elecraft Engineering

On Sep 8, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Joe Hutchens <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I just finished building the KPA500 and have it interfaced to my Yaesu
> FT-950.  The KPA500 follows the 950 band changes and keys fine.
> However, I have changed menu item "Band Change" to "STBY" from "NOR"
> which should automatically switch the amp to STBY from OPER after a band
> change.  Is this option just for the K3 or is there a software glitch in
> the amp?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Hutchens  ( AJ8MH )
> http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/
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[AJ8MH-Radio.Joe.Hutchens]

Hi Jack...  Thanks for the reply.

Yes, RADIO has been set to BCD since I put the AMP online today.  The
band changes just fine under the control of the FT-950, so the amp is
getting the correct info.  I checked to make sure the amp changed with
each band selected on the FT-950.  It's just when I change bands, the
amp will not go from OPER to STBY automatically with the BAND CHANGE
parameter set to STBY.  The amp is serial number 1041 and the firmware
is 1.11 from August 21, 2012.

It would be nice for the amp to go to STBY, so I can make sure the
auto-tuner is good to go.

Joe Hutchens  ( AJ8MH )
http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/


On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> Make sure you set the menu parameter RADIO to BCD. The Band Change
> parameter should work just fine with the Yaesu.
> Let me know if you continue to have problems with this.
>
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
> Elecraft Engineering
>
> On Sep 8, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Joe Hutchens <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> I just finished building the KPA500 and have it interfaced to my
>> Yaesu FT-950.  The KPA500 follows the 950 band changes and keys fine.
>> However, I have changed menu item "Band Change" to "STBY" from "NOR"
>> which should automatically switch the amp to STBY from OPER after a
>> band change.  Is this option just for the K3 or is there a software
>> glitch in the amp?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joe Hutchens  ( AJ8MH )
>> http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/
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[AJ8MH-Radio.Joe.Hutchens]

The issue I was having with the BAND CHANGE parameter has been resolved
with KPA500 test load V1.16.
__________

Hi Jack...  Thanks for the reply.

Yes, RADIO has been set to BCD since I put the AMP online today.  The
band changes just fine under the control of the FT-950, so the amp is
getting the correct info.  I checked to make sure the amp changed with
each band selected on the FT-950.  It's just when I change bands, the
amp will not go from OPER to STBY automatically with the BAND CHANGE
parameter set to STBY.  The amp is serial number 1041 and the firmware
is 1.11 from August 21, 2012.

It would be nice for the amp to go to STBY, so I can make sure the
auto-tuner is good to go.

Joe Hutchens  ( AJ8MH )
http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/


On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> Make sure you set the menu parameter RADIO to BCD. The Band Change
> parameter should work just fine with the Yaesu.
> Let me know if you continue to have problems with this.
>
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
> Elecraft Engineering
>
> On Sep 8, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Joe Hutchens <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> I just finished building the KPA500 and have it interfaced to my
>> Yaesu FT-950.  The KPA500 follows the 950 band changes and keys fine.
>> However, I have changed menu item "Band Change" to "STBY" from "NOR"
>> which should automatically switch the amp to STBY from OPER after a
>> band change.  Is this option just for the K3 or is there a software
>> glitch in the amp?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joe Hutchens  ( AJ8MH )
>> http://webpages.charter.net/aj8mh-radio/
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> Elecraft mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
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