[Elecraft] KAT500 how noisy?

[Gary Gregory]

*Fred,

I hear the relays clattering BUT nowhere near as loud as the LDG product
and this is only during a full tune.

Once the bands have been swept initially, you only here a click on key up
as the kat500 selects a memory bin.

Gary
*
On 2 November 2012 21:18, Fred Smith <mfsj at mo-net.com> wrote:

> I would doubt anything could be as bad as bad as the LDG's. I had a new
> 1000
> Pro and it sounded like you were shaking a gallon can with 2 dozen marbles
> in it unloaded 2 weeks after I bought it. Don't know about the Elecraft but
> my Palstar HF-Auto and the Alpha 4040 Auto Tuner I have on order all have
> the stepper motors and they are quiet.
>
> My KAT100 is quiet so I expect the 500 to be the same.
>
> 73,
> Fred/N0AZZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jon K Hellan
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 6:02 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 how noisy?
>
> I've got the LDG AT-600Pro. It does what I need it to do, but it's
> awfully noisy when it cannot recall a setting from memory. How much
> noise does the KAT500 make?
>
> 73
> Jon LA4RT
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