My thoughts (once again) were identical to Dave's. I'm thinking that I must be absolutely clueless about ham radio since most of the stuff that is asked for I have no clue what the value is or how one would ever need to do many of these things.
I've also be stunned by the amount of re-engineering that has been done on the amplifier in one day, keeping in mind that not one customer (aside from the beta guys) has received one yet. I guess this is what happens when you get close to being an OOTC member. I just can't keep up any more. 73, Bob W5OV -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Fatchett Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 6:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 / K3 firmware suggestion I guess I don't understand this either. If you want the amp you are requiring more than 100 watts. I would assume that you can control the output of the amp by turning up or down the drive from over 100w to the max of 500w. What am I missing? The amp is going to require a minimum amount of drive to function. On 4/7/11 5:11 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > No, not at all. I'm simply honestly curious why it would be > advantageous to be able to CONTINUOUSLY adjust power from the milliwatt > to 500 watt level. I just couldn't think of any scenario where that > would be utilitarian. Still can't. > > Dave AB7E > > > > > On 4/7/2011 3:14 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: >> So you're one of those "all knobs to the right" types, eh? ;) >> >> ~iain / N6ML >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:58 PM, David Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Aside from it possibly being "nifty", in what real world context would >>> you find that to be useful? >>> >>> 73, >>> Dave AB7E >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/7/2011 1:55 PM, Toby Deinhardt wrote: >>>> Hi Wayne& the list, >>>> >>>> not sure if this has been suggested before, but it would be really nifty >>>> if when using a KPA-500 together with a K3/100 the power would be >>>> continuously be adjustable from milliwatts up to 500 W. >>>> >>>> The firmware would automagically switch the KPA-500 in at power levels >>>> >100 W, i.e. a little like the crossover at the 10 W level. >>>> >>>> KPA-500 kit on order. >>>> >>>> vy 73 de toby >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
