[Elecraft] [KAT500] Planning for KAT500

WM3M wm3m at live.com
Fri Jun 22 19:18:12 EDT 2012


I don't  know the answers to theses questions but if ok I would like to ask
one of my own.
I was wondering what the power limit on 6 mtrs is/will be for the KAT500.
Using my KPA500 on 6 mtrs I have to take my existing tuner out of the path 
to the
antenna since, even powered off the tuner can not handle 500 watts on 6
mtrs.  Thanks
Emory  WM3M


-----Original Message----- 
From: Phil Hystad
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 4:47 PM
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> List
Subject: [Elecraft] [KAT500] Planning for KAT500

I am on the waiting list for my KAT500 -- waiting - waiting - waiting

But, in the mean time I am planning for how I want to arrange the switching 
of my various antennas.  I understand the KAT500 has 3 antenna connections 
so first a couple of questions:

1.  Will the automatic features of the tuner include automatic band 
switching ?   That is, if I am operating on my 80 meter dipole and then I 
switch my K3 to the 20 meter band will my 20-meter Hexbeam automatically be 
switched in (assuming I have it also connected to the KAT500)?

2.  I have four antennas:  80-meter dipole, 40-meter dipole, and 30-meter 
dipole, plus my Traffie Hexbeam that handles 20 meter through 10 meters.  I 
would like to hook up permanently my 80 meter and the Traffie hexbeam to two 
of the KAT500 antenna connections and then also switch in the 40-meter 
dipole and 30-meter dipole into the third antenna connection on the KAT500. 
So, let's say I am on 40 meters and I switch to 30 meters but I need to also 
manually switch my 40-meter and 30-meter since they share the same port. 
Will the KAT500 know how to handle this?  [Note:  my 30-meter dipole though 
is 1.3:1 and better across the entire 30-meter band so maybe I don't even 
need the KAT500].

3.  How do I tell the KAT500 that the five bands (20m thru 10m) are found on 
one given antenna connection (to my hexbeam)?  Or, does the KAT500 learn 
this or do I manually help it out by some stored assignment.

4.  Which brings up my final question:  will the KAT500 be a "smart" device 
with a computer interface like many other Elecraft devices?  Is this how I 
might preset bands to be associated with antenna connections.  Note, my 
80-meter dipole can actually work well on 40 and 30 but not as well as my 
40-meter and 30-meter dipoles.

73, phil, K7PEH

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