[Elecraft] KAT500 help

[Barry Simpson]

Hi Bob

It sounds as though you have made the same mistake as I did yesterday with
my new KAT500. In my case I got the co-ax cable wrong.

However, from the way you describe it, I think you have misconnected the
control cables. You need to remove the existing cable between the K3 and
KPA500 from the KPA500 and connect it to the Xcvr socket on the KAT500.
Then you connect the new cable from the amp socket on the KAT500 to the
KPA500. You may have got the co-ax cable wrong as well but that will be
apparent if it still doesn't tune when you have corrected the control
cables.

Mine now works great. Please let me know how you go on.

73

Barry  VK2BJ

On 16 November 2012 21:33, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> On your K3, go into CONFIG:TUN PWR and set the tune power to 25 watts.
> The KAT500 takes about 20-25 watts to tune.  Most of us had TUN PWR set
> at 5W or close for the KAT3, and have forgotten about the setting.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 11/16/2012 12:24 PM, Bob Woodward wrote:
>
> >> Here's the problem. When I push "tune" on the KAT500 the auto light
> >> continues to flash. No indication of SWR. When I push tune on the
> >> K3 it tunes - no indication on KAT500. I've put the tuner on the K3
> >> into bypass. No change on KAT500 when I push tune on it.
>
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