Lenny, use a sequencer to avoid hot switching (sequencer puts the amp online first, afterwards the transverter, then the K2, with delays between switching stages). A quick Google search on "ptt sequencer" will provide a few good solutions (including my own ;-)).
73, Olli - DH8BQA http://www.dh8bqa.de ----- Original Message ----- From: "w2bvh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:50 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 / XV50 interfacing to power amplifier? > HI! > > If you have a K2 / XV50 combo and have interfaced it to a power > amplifier I'd like to hear from you on how you did it and what pitfalls > you might have encountered. > > I've got a 6 Meter KW amp that I'd like to hook up to the K2 /XV50 and > I'm concerned about possibly hot switching the RF on the output side of > the amp with its 25 mS rf relay. The amp is switched active by grounding > its keyline input. > > According to Elecraft, RF is only delayed by 3 mS from when the rig is > keyed and as stated above, my amplifier output relay takes 25 mS to > switch. > > I tried adding the W3FPR footswitch mod to the K2 hoping it would do the > trick. It works just fine when the K2 is set for any of the HF bands, > but it doesn't seem to have any effect when using 6 Meters. Its possible > that I implemented it wrong, but I don't think so because it does work > OK without the XV50. > > Ideally I'd like to have a set-up where the K2, XV50 and amplifier could > be thought of as just a single high power transceiver whose band switch > has been set to 6 Meters. > > Any experience you've had doing a setup with the K2, XV50 and a power > amp would be very much appreciated. > > 73 > Lenny W2BVH > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----- > eMail ist virenfrei. > Von AVG uberpruft - www.avg.de > Version: 10.0.1416 / Virendatenbank: 2109/4140 - Ausgabedatum: 13.01.2012 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
