[Elecraft] K3/KAT500 Synchronization

[Dick Dievendorff]

You need to enable it on your K3.  On CONFIG MENU KAT3, tap the '3' button and look for KAT500Y or KAT500N in the VFO B area.  You want KAT500Y.

This causes the K3 to send frequency change messages to KAT500 firmware.

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of James Bennett
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:17 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] K3/KAT500 Synchronization

Forgive me if this has been discussed (and answered) before but I do not find it in the archives. A while back there was a firmware update that would allow the KAT500 to “automatically” select the memorized L/C values as the K3 was tuned across a band. I have the current firmware in both units, but do not see (hear) the KAT500 doing anything as I tune across the band. For example, I just set the K3 at 14.006 and tapped the key paddle. The tuner clicked once and lit up the LED at the 1.2 mark. I then turned the K3’s VFO knob up to 14.080 - not a sound to be heard while tuning. When I got to that frequency, I tapped the key again and heard a short relay click noise and again got the 1.2 LED.

So, my K3 and KAT500 are not doing what I thought the changed firmware was supposed to do. Is this something I need to set in a menu parameter in one or both units? Or, is this still a change residing in a beta version of the firmware?

Thanks, Jim / W6JHB
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