[Elecraft] KAT500 question

[KD7YZ Bob]

On Monday Claire used a Straight-Key to send:
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> The blinking MODE light says it's ready to tune once you apply enough RF
> power. Five watts won't do it. The KAT500 cannot tune with less than 10
> watts of RF applied (20 watts is required for the most accurate tuning).

I upped the power to 20w to see if it could tune itself during a
transmit sequence. It seems that it can,  though I only got one chance to
see it as the drizzle let off,

Keeping such high power though on this mode is not only unnecessary but
it also serves to Jam a lot of the other guys who are using this weak
signal mode.

Usually 1 to 5 watts is sufficient for the continents I have worked.
Very occasionally on what seems to be a dead band here, I have used 50
to work the EU area.

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Best regards,
Bob  KD7YZ    Win7-64bit + K3