KPA500 operating current values...

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KPA500 operating current values...

ke9uw
Just checking...
I get about 7.6 A at about 62 volts when on 75M putting out about 350 watts.
I get about 0.4 A keyed with no rf input. Is that about right?
Just wondering if these are normal values. A friend on 75M says he can detect something...on my voice sometimes...when doing about 350 watts with 15 watts input. He  cannot hear any "issues" barefoot. No one else in the QSO can hear anything but clean signal. I thought maybe just a tiny bit of rf in the audio...or morning voice. But the amp works flawlessly. About 25 watts takes it to 500 watts output, etc. I am at the high tap for high line voltage. Set to 120 vac...and at 500 watts output it shows right about 60 supply volts.
Just wondering if maybe he has 4-1000 prejudice against solid state linears...:)
Chuck, KE9UW