Well mine sure didn't go into bypass...lots of thick black smoke and it thought everything was just fine/ good to go...as I was running for the fire extinguisher. It confused the heck out of me because the swr was well below 2:1 (like 1.4:1) and I was well within power limits on CW. The good news is that it still works... even baked.
Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:42 PM To: Bill W2BLC Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/KPA500/KAT500 SWR problem This is correctable in firmware (we're looking into how best to achieve that). It is extremely unlikely any damage would occur. Both the KAT500 and KPA500 monitor a half-dozen parameters and go into bypass immediately if operation is unsafe. Wayne2 N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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
