[Elecraft] [KAT500] Tuning

[ab2tc]

Hi,

Wouldn't all this work much better if the K3 did not key the amp when
invoking the tune function? I don't have the KPA500 (yet) but the bypass
function is not an option for me since my KAT500 is located remotely at the
antenna site. This is working fabulously now that it has learned my
frequencies. I am currently trying to raise 8P2K in the contest from the
bedroom with my IC7200 to go transceiver. I can control the tuner from
anywhere I can reach with my wireless or wired network. Awsome and this will
greatly improve my summer operations from the rear deck. It was always a
pain to have to run down to the basement to change antennas.

AB2TC - Knut


Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2 wrote
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 6:07 PM, John Reilly <

> reillyjf@

> > wrote:
>> I don't think I understand how the tuning works with the KAT500. I have a
>> K3, KPA500, and the two 15-pin cables (K3 to KAT, and KAT to KPA).
>>
>> I set my K3 Tune Power to 25w. I thought when I press tune on the K3, the
>> KAT500 should tune, and it shouldn't key the Amp; however, when I do
>> this, I
>> continue to get around 500w from the Amp.
>>
>> Could someone please explain how this is supposed to work?
> 
> When you invoke the K3's TUNE function (hold the XMIT button), the K3
> will make a 25W key-down signal. Nothing more fancy than that happens
> at the K3.
> <snip>





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