[Elecraft] KAT100 will be upgradeable to any future stand-alone ATU

[Wayne Burdick]

At present, we do not plan to offer a stand-alone tuner. However, if we did, you'd be able
to easily upgrade the KAT100 to work stand-alone as well. So there's no risk in buying a
KAT100. 

Any stand-alone ATU we offered would include all of the same functionality as the KAT100.
What this means is that you'd be able to decide whether you wanted to connect it to the K2
via the control cable--or not. But using the control cable would give you all of the
advantages of the KAT100 over other tuners when used with the K2, which include:

- ANT1/2 button on the K2 controls KAT100 antenna switch (this switch
  would have to move to the front panel of a stand-alone ATU)

- instant recall of stored per-band and per-antenna L/C settings 

- Automatic power reduction to 2 or 20 watts when the K2's TUNE switch is pressed

- Auto-tune possible with as little as 0.2 watts in low-power mode

- Direct display of power, SWR, and other data on the K2 LCD

- ATU configuration and component-level troubleshooting directly from the K2 menu

- K2's POWER control setting indicated by two LEDs; controls KAT100's 
  dual-range SWR bridge

- All LEDs have two brightness levels (set by K2's "LCD DAY/NITE" menu entry)

73,
Wayne


Vic Rosenthal wrote:
> 
> Pete Meier wrote:
> >
> > Obviously the KAT100 was designed for the K2, but will it work with
> > other radios as a basic autotuner?
> 
> No, it communicates with the microprocessor in the K2.  Elecraft may come out
> with a standalone version in the future, but the KAT100 is only for the K2.
> 
> 73
> Vic K2VCO



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