[Elecraft] KPA500 and KAT500 Ports

[Edward R. Cole]

Unbelievable thread - my delete key is "smokin"!

MY station has a lot of antenna cables:
1) HF tribander
2) 80/40m dipole
3) 600m inverted-L
4) 30m sloper
5) 6m/10m J-Pole (remotely band switched)
6) 6m 3-elem yagi
7) 6m 6-elem yagi
8) 2m/70cm dual-band base whip (17-foot)
9) 435-MHz CP x-yagi (satellite)
10) 2m 7-elem yagi (satellite)
11) 2.4 GHz patch antenna (satellite)
12) 2m-eme array of four 10-element yagis with one Tx and two Rx coax lines
13) 900-MHz 33 loop-yagi - remote radio has only control cable
14) 1296-MHz 45 loop-yagi with separate Rx coax
15) 222-MHz dual 11-elem yagis Tx and Rx coax
16) 432-MHz 11-elem yagi Tx and Rx coax
17) 144 and 435 MHz Lindenblad omni CP antennas for satellite - 
separate coax lines
18) 16-foot dish with 1296 and 432 MHz feeds each with separate Tx 
and Rx coax lines
I think I got all of them?

Now I want the KAT-500 to tune 500-KHz to 1296-MHz and provide approx 
25 antenna outputs to handle my station needs.
Is this reasonable? duh?

I either manually change coax lines to the radio equipment or use 
coax switches to accomplish this - I sure as heck don't expect the 
radios to provide it.  BTW my K3/10 has ANT1, AUX, and the KXV3 ports 
which I think is pretty nice!  Sure having ANT2 would be nice but I 
use external antenna tuners.



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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