Re: KPA 500: Does yours need time to warm up?

Posted by k6dgw on Nov 06, 2011; 4:28pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KPA-500-Does-yours-need-time-to-warm-up-tp6967951p6968219.html

Hmmm ... mine is set on peak-hold 500W, and on the first dit on a new
band, it usually lights the first yellow LED.  After that, it just goes
to 500.

Fred K6DGW
TDY Sparks NV

On 11/6/2011 2:20 PM, tomb18 wrote:
> I noticed that my KPA500 does not always give the full power that it is set
> for.  For example, if I turn it on,put it in operate and then transmit my
> call sign (in a pile up), the first few transmits are lower in power (around
> 50-100 watts) and it takes 7 or 8 of these before the power gets to 500W.
> If I then continue for a while searching for another station, the same thing
> can occur.
>
>

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