[Elecraft] [KAT500] Planning for KAT500

[Ken]

Hi Dick
Sounds really neat, one question,
Will their be a Default setting, should it ever require to be re-set!!

Ken..G0ORH

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On 22 Jun 2012, at 23:42, "Dick Dievendorff" <dieven at comcast.net> wrote:

> 1) The KAT500 will follow the K3's band lines on the ACC connector. If you
> don't wire the band change lines, the KAT500 will learn of band change and
> will switch bands (and antenna) on first transmit.
> 
> 2) You'll need to tune, but "bypass" is the first setting attempted.  You
> might consider moving your other 30/40 switch to be before the ATU so that
> it chooses between 30 and KAT500.
> 
> 3) Both. The normal behavior is to return to the last antenna used on the
> band.  I want to offer a configuration option to set a "preferred" antenna
> connector per band, so it switches there on band change rather than the last
> used.  This might help if you use multiple antenna connectors on any given
> band, but always want to start out with a specific antenna on a given band.
> 
> 4) Yes, there's a microcontroller, an RS-232 port serial command set, and a
> KAT500 Utility.  There will be a programmer's reference.  It's not yet ready
> yet. You'll be able to select antennas, view and change all the relay
> settings (and see the L and C values chosen and have a way to "tweak" them).
> 
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:48 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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