[Elecraft] K3 antenna tuner question

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

It is also engaged/bypassed per band per antenna according to the
remembered setting on that band/antenna combination.  73, Guy.

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> "Automatic" is a word with lots of meanings.  When it is in "AUTO" and
> you tap ATU TUNE, it will "automatically" find a match using the power
> you have set in CONFIG:TUN PWR.  Mine is set to 5W.  It then "remembers"
> the L/C settings for that band segment for the ANT selection you are
> using [1 or 2].  The next time you are in that band segment using that
> ANT selection, it recalls the settings the first time you transmit [PTT
> or KEY].
>
> The band segment sizes depend on the band.  I believe they are:
>
>        160: 10 KHz
>        80-12: 20 KHz
>        10: 100 KHz
>        6: 200 KHz
>
> You can just let the memorized settings accrue as you operate normally,
> or you can methodically go through the bands and set them all.  I did
> the latter, tuning to the middle of each segment with the antenna I
> normally use, and tapping ATU TUNE.  Seems to work really good.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 5/23/2011 4:45 PM, Bill Swindell - K1LED wrote:
>> I have a K3/100 with the internal antenna tuner. The config is set to AUTO
>> but it seems that I still have to press the ATU tune button to get the ATU
>> to properly tune when I change bands. Is it supposed to be automatic or not?
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