G'morning, Dave:
My purpose in the posting below was to
correct an error I had made earlier.
You are probably not missing anything,
but IMHO this subject is far more
germane to the purpose of this reflector
than many postings which result in
extraordinarily long lives here.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 10/19/2013 7:22 AM, Dave Wright wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something here, and
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but we're
talking about 40ma. Most electronic
devices these days don't use a "hard"
power down, but rather a "soft"
power-off state in order to maintain
settings/calibration, allow for rapid
startup/remote control usage, etc.
Elecraft has stated that the K3 will
draw a minimal amount of power when
shutdown; although I don't recall that
they have stated what that amount is;
so it should be no surprise that the
K3 is drawing power when shutoff.
It sure seems like there is a lot of
traffic about something can be solved
simply by pulling the plug if you're
worried about breaking the bank over
40ma. So, what am I missing?
Dave
K3DCW
"Real radio bounces off the sky"
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Ken
K3IU <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
G'morning, all:
To correct my previous posting, I
re-measured the current in the
pos(+) lead again... correctly
this time. On a Triplett 2200 DMM,
a Radio Shack 22-174B, and a Fluke
77, the reading is 40-42ma. This
is with the KPA3 installed and
connected. I have not opened up
the K3 to disconnect the KPA3, but
other postings suggest that the
parasitic draw would significantly
drop if I did.
73, Ken K3IU
K3 #202
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