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Can Power Levels Be Set By Slice Rather Than Band on 6600M?
Al Dewey
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I often run my new 6600M in contests doing SO2R. In some contests, I will enter as High Power and run the KPA 500 at 500w which takes about 30 Watts in from the Flex. I will still use the other slice to make QSOs at Low Power (i.e. 100 Watts). The amp is always connected to Slice A. Sometimes I will want to operate 20M at 500W on Slice A and other times I will want to use the amp on another band (e.g. 40M) and operate 20M at 100 W on Slice B. The problem is that , with the power level following the band, I often find my self running 30 W on Slice B (when I really wanted 100) and , worse yet, I will sometimes find myself running 100 W into the amp on Slice A if I had operated that band at 100 W on Slice B.
All my problems would be solved if the Power Level could follow the slice rather than the band. Is there a way to do this or some other clever way to do what I want. I suppose I could set up a whole lot of different profiles for this different situations but I prefer to change bands from logging program (i.e. N1MM+) rather than having to navigate through profiles on the radio in a middle of a fast moving contest.
I have the feeling this may have been discussed before but I could not find this specific use case.
de...…..Al, K0AD
All my problems would be solved if the Power Level could follow the slice rather than the band. Is there a way to do this or some other clever way to do what I want. I suppose I could set up a whole lot of different profiles for this different situations but I prefer to change bands from logging program (i.e. N1MM+) rather than having to navigate through profiles on the radio in a middle of a fast moving contest.
I have the feeling this may have been discussed before but I could not find this specific use case.
de...…..Al, K0AD
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Al, do you run DDUtil to control the amp? Doesn't the 6600 have two antenna output ports? With DDUtil you can assign either VFO A or VFO B to drive the amp.0
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No, I do not. But would that really solve the problem? It's not having the correct slice attached to the amplifier that is the issue. It is being able to have a constant power level on that slice on every band even if I use a different power level when I use that band on the other slice. Hope that makes sense.0
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I just tried DDUtil using VFO A or B and it didn't work as I expected. So, DDUtil is not a solution to your issue.0
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What u need is 2 antennas have ant 1 on slice a feeding the kpa amp and ant 2 feeding the other antenna direct then u only use ant 1 with the amp and ant 2 without the amp and set your profiles accordingly. I have a 6400m and thats what i do since i only have one antenna that can handle up to 1200watts and the other can only do 250 watts. Just an idea.0
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