[Elecraft] K3 - operation with the KPA500 and KAT500

[Gary Gregory]

Ian,

When you set up the kat500, do a couple 'tune' cycles across each of the
bands prior to operating and then you will find no unexpected tune cycles.
Setting the kat500 swr bypass is helpful also.

Running my OCF (80/20) I get no unexpected retunes which makes operating
and qsy etc very easy on all bands including the WARC bands.

73


On 24 September 2013 22:23, Ian Kahn - Ham <km4ik.ian at gmail.com> wrote:

> You do have to manually retune the transceiver.  However, if you have all
> the Elecraft cabling in place according to Elecraft's instructions, the
> KAT500 and KPA500 should follow you.  If you're QSYing in the same band,
> you
> shouldn't have issues, anyway.  There woudn't be anything to change on the
> tuner or amp.  You may get a short retune cycle if necessary, to match the
> antenna to the different band segment, but that should be it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73,
>
> -- Ian
> Ian Kahn, KM4IK
> Roswell, GA  EM74ua
> km4ik.ian at gmail.com
> K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468
> HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W2BLC
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:21 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 - operation with the KPA500 and KAT500
>
> Am I correct that the K3, KAT500, and KPA500 operates seemlessly when
> operating SSB and you QSY? Specifically, is any operator intervention
> (button pushing or tuning) need for QSY from the upper part of the band to
> the lower part of the band (ie: 3975 QSK to 3655). Can I just pick the mic
> and talk? Or, is some manual action required for the change?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill W2BLC
>
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