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

Posted by Don Wilhelm-4 on Nov 21, 2011; 4:00am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KPA-500-Does-yours-need-time-to-warm-up-tp6967951p7015328.html

Do you have the mic gain set so it provides 5 to 7 bars on the ALC
meter?  If not, you are not driving the audio hard enough and the "power
creep" you are experiencing is normal for that situation - with low
audio, the K3 will "power hunt" to try to bring the power output up to
whatever was requested.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/20/2011 8:40 PM, tomb18 wrote:
> Well I did the TX gain calibration.  Any other ideas?  It can take 10-15
> seconds to get the full power out.  I thought solid state amps were
> immediate?
>
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