[Elecraft] [KAT500] Auto Tuning

[Lu Romero]

What would be even nicer is to have the KAT500 perform a
Autotune routine with a single button push, just like with
the internal tuner, using the same button, designed for that
purpose, in the same manner as all the YaeComWood
competition does with the lowly MFJ998.

As it is now, there is no advantage at my station to move
from my existing MFJ998 to the KAT500. Im sure I will hear
all about the three antenna ports vs two on the MFJ and auto
antenna switching... All positives, true... A more
"automatic" process would seal the deal for me to add
another Elecraft product.  As it is, another expenditure for
the same or more manual button pushing is a deal breaker.  

Funny that the MFJ tuner integrates better with my secondary
radio (a Kenwood) than a KAT500 would with the K3; simply
using an "interface" made from a Ethernet cable with one end
cut off.

Cant *we* do it better?

Lu - W4LT
K-Line and a K1

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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:52:37 -0500 (EST)
From: AC6JA at aol.com
To: n5ge at n5ge.com, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KAT500] Auto Tuning
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Does anyone know when the new firmware will become available
which will  
eliminate the need to "Tap the XMIT button on the K3" after
the KAT500 finds
a 
 match?
It would be nice if we only had to hit the ATU TUNE button 
once on the K3 
and the entire tuning process would be automatic.
 
Mike  AC6JA