[Elecraft] KAT2 question

[geoff allsup]

Thanks to all who replied!  10 minutes after emailing, I found the answer in the manual!  A bit 
fuzzy with the flu here - maybe I should get some rest before I toast something in my K2!!!

geoff - W1OH

Ingo Meyer (DK3RED) wrote:
> Hello Geoff,
> 
>> I have a quick question, as I have been using an MFJ tuner to a 
>> balanced feedline on a doublet, and have not built a balun for the 
>> K2/KAT2 yet.  Is there a bypass mode for the KAT2 such that I can use 
>> an external tuner?  ATU AUTO, of course, causes the KAT2 to go thru a 
>> tune cycle when pressing the TUNE button on the K2.
> 
> Yes, its possible. If you use the KAT2 as SWR/wattmeter only, the 
> matching network is disabled/bypassed. Switch your KAT2 via the menu to 
> CALS (for SWR display) or CALP (for power meter).

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Geoff Allsup, W1OH     gallsup at whoi.edu  or  w1oh at whoi.edu
Research Engineer              Upper Ocean Processes Group
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution   Woods Hole, MA, USA
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