[Elecraft] Kat500 first impressions

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:19 PM, ab2tc <ab2tc at arrl.net> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> But there are bugs. Here is the first one I can reproduce 100%.
>
> The setup is K3 and KAT500 only The aux cable is *not* connected and the the
> utility is *not* running although the serial cable is connected. This is all
> to keep things simple.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> Select KAT500 mode to bypass and antenna to 3 (which in my case is my dummy
> load).
> Turn tuner off with a HOLD to the mode button.
> Turn tuner back on. It comes back on antenna 1 which doesn't seem quite
> right, but is no big deal.
> Change the antenna back to 3.
> Switch band on the K3.
> Hold XMIT on the K3 to generate a tuning carrier (mine is now 20W as
> recommended for the KAT500).
> The tuner switches to antenna 1. This is 100% repeatable. This is bad.

The KAT500 will switch to your choice of antenna port after a band
change - you can choose 1, 2, 3 or last used (on that band).

73,

    ~iain / N6ML