[Elecraft] KAT500 AUTO vs MAN mode

[Bob]

Hi Chad,

               Well Don gave the correct reason, as he always does.   The 
nomenclature of auto and
manual refers only to the initiation of the tune cycle.  Man is in fact 
automatic after training.
Maybe a better term would semiautomatic.  It in manual will not initiate a tune 
cycle but will
automatically use stored values for where you are in the band, after training.

                I do not know what is written up in the latest manuals.  My KAT 
was from the 1st
batch (SN 39)  and I have old manuals.   However when the new software for the K 
line was
introduced Wayne did a write up on it.  If you do not have it I can send it to 
you as a PDF.
Manual is where you should be and is stated as such.

73,
Bob
K2TK   ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR


On 12/11/2014 9:45 AM, Chad WE9V wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The firmware developer has been working to shorten the sampling interval,
>> but so far he has made improvement
>
> I can't make a single QSO (CW or SSB) in AUTO mode without it wanting a
> re-tune and taking the KPA500 off-line.  I guess I would have been really
> disappointed before the improvements were made.  The "solution" is a
> work-around, not a solution.  No where in the manual does it say that for
> proper operation, the tuner must be left in MAN mode.
>
> Very disappointing.
>
> Chad WE9V
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