[Elecraft] KAT500 tuning help

ab2tc ab2tc at arrl.net
Sun Dec 16 11:01:01 EST 2012


Hi,

I have also  noticed that manual tuning is not memorized withe the memorize
button. I have generally obtained 1.3:1 or less using AUTO so I haven't
played with it a lot. I do have some problems at the high end of 15m where
the raw SWR is just over 12:1.

AB2TC - Knut


RobertG wrote
> I've got the K3, KPA500, and have just installed a factory-built KAT500.
> Some 
> glitches/questions about tuning the KAT500. I have found that, using the
> utility 
> program, I can manually tune to a much lower indicated SWR than the unit
> can in AUTO. 
> Anyone else found this to be so? More importantly, when I do tune to a low
> SWR on a 
> band, click on MEMORIZE, shift bands and come back, the values in the
> utility program 
> don't return to what I just told the KAT to memorize. In other words, the
> "system" is 
> not remembering my manual tuning values when I switch bands. Any
> comments/guidance 
> much appreciated.
> ...robert
> -- 
> Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY

> rcrgs@

> Syracuse, New York, USA
> <snip>





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