[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report

3803 kHz, 9PM ET Sunday (currently 0100Z Monday). Thanks to the following check ins (w) and relays (rel): Call State Radio/Amp Name 1 N8SBE MI K4D/KPA500Dave (w),(op) 2 W9PCS WI K4D/KPA500Paul (rel),(w) 3

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    Both bands were OK.  Noise was not particularly high and QSB was moderate to low with most of you.  It was nice to hear it is sunny somewhere.  Oregon gloom is approaching :)   On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: W0CZ - Ken - ND K0DTJ - Brian - CA WM5F - Dwight - ID K9FN - Dave - I

[Elecraft] Power setting issue

I was on 14074 for FT8. Power set to 98. Changed to 14303.5. Turned on the KPA1500. Power stayed at 97! Manually changed power to 20. Turned off the amp, power stayed at 20. Set power to 97. Turned on amp and power went to 20 as it should. Could not repeat this. Carl Yaffey K8NU 614 268 6353,

Re: [Elecraft] Power setting issue

act of turning on and off the KPA1500 or KPA500 should not change the power in the K3 or K4. Changing the amp from STBY to OPER should cause that change assuming the K3/K4 has the proper configuration. Did you switch the KPA150 to OPER? 73, Jack, W6FB > On Oct 20, 2024, at 1:18 PM, Carl Yaffe

Re: [Elecraft] Power setting issue

Then I suspect you powered the amp on before the transceiver, and the K3/K4 did not get the power-on message from the amp. Or perhaps there was some other reason the transceiver didn’t get that message. The amplifiers just report status to the radio; it is up to the radio to determine what it ne

[Elecraft] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Announcement

Please join us on 3803kHz plus (not minus) QRM (see the Netlogger discussion, below), 9PM ET Sunday (0100Z Monday). Note that the net stays on the same local time, when we switch back and forth to/from Daylight time, so the UTC time changes, but not the local time. Your net control this week w