[Elecraft] K3 Antenna 1/2 Operation

[David Lankshear]

Same for me.  I would like my (forthcoming) K3 to feature storable ATU bypass settings, as described by G4ILO.

DaveL  G3TJP

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I agree completely

David
G3UNA


>
> I am one of the people who requested that the ATU active / bypass settings
> could be stored along with ANT 1 / 2. The reason was that the antenna I
> don't want the ATU in circuit for is externally tuned. I still need to put
> out a tuning signal, and I guess that having the ATU in circuit might
> confuse the SWR readings when I am tuning. At the back of my mind I was
> probably also thinking that the KAT would auto-retune in the presence of a
> high SWR, like the external SGC tuners do.
>
> Even though there is a workaround of tuning the ATU into 50 ohms, I would
> still like to have the ATU in / out settings stored. The reason is that I
> have to remember which of two TUNE buttons to press depending on which
> antenna I am using. If I am using the externally tuned antenna and the ATU
> is active and I press ATU TUNE instead of TUNE by mistake, the KAT will 
> try
> to match the antenna, and my previous adjustment of it into 50 ohms will 
> be
> lost. If the ATU is automatically bypassed when I select the antenna that
> doesn't need it, nothing happens if I press the button in error. And 
> believe
> me, I often press things in error.
>
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> Julian, G4ILO  K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392