[Elecraft] More KAT500 PTT Questions

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

That's not true, Don... the KAT500 *will* auto-tune if/when VSWR
exceeds a (configurable, per-band) threshold.

A lot of consideration is being put into different ways of handling
"hot-switching" situations with various types of amplifiers. The
currently-posted provisional manual may not be reflective of the final
result of this consideration.....

73,

    ~iain / N6ML



On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> The KAT500 is not *that* automatic.  It will not automatically re-tune
> even if it senses a high SWR.  You must tell it to tune. Once it has
> been tuned to each antenna and bend segment, returning to that set of
> tuning parameters is automatic - just go to that frequency and antenna
> and the proper tuning will be recalled.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/5/2012 3:41 PM, Ed G wrote:
>> or will PTT open whenever the KAT500 senses a high SWR and retunes, even if
>> on the same band? It would be impractical for me to anticipate KAT500
>> retuning when moving into a new band segment and try to shut down the amp
>> per the procedure on page 13.
>>
>
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