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No worries; I didn't think you were rude. I've got pretty thick skin
anyway, hi hi.
73, James.
> Sorry, didn't mean to be rude, started with 'just use the power control' in
> my head and then realised you wanted a limiter, which at present there is
> not. -k
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> On 14 May 2009, at 17:37, K3JPS wrote:
>
> Well obviously it is the power control. What I simply wanted to know was
> whether or not the ability existed to set software limits on that physical
> control. To me, it doesn't seem like a hard thing to implement in firmware.
>
> The reason for asking is I'm limited in terms of how much output power I
> can run with an amplifier. If I wanted to tune with max drive being
> 40-50 watts, then I wanted to know if there was a way of setting limits on
> the power control knob. I've made the mistake of adjusting power output
> instead of compression on more than one occasion.
>
> 73 James
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:10 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF <
>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> surely this is the PWR control - there is no way to set an upper limit as
>> far as I know.
>> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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>> On 14 May 2009, at 17:07, K3JPS wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I've checked the KPA3 manual along with the K3 manual, and didn't find
>>> any
>>> mention of a way to limit maximum output power with the KPA3.
>>>
>>> What I'd like to know then, is there something buried within the menu
>>> that
>>> would allow me to set max output to something like 30 - 40 watts? That
>>> way
>>> if I inadvertently adjust the CMP/PWR knob when it's set to PWR (and I
>>> mean
>>> to adjust compression instead), that it doesn't go above a pre-defined
>>> setting?
>>>
>>
>>
>
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