[Elecraft] KX3 External Transverter and ATU TUNE disable option suggestion

[David Anderson]

Dear Elecraft,

I am planning to use my KX3 with an external transverter. The KX3 has only the single main antenna socket, and it is important that I do not accidentally transmit too high a power into the transverter's input attenuator and mixer. Normally I would want a very low power level.

 I can set the maximum power when using a transverter using the  XV H in the KX3 menu, this is very useful, however I believe that the ATU TUNE button will still try and tune at approx 3 watts even though I set a lower maximum power of say 0.1 watts in XV H.  

I thought perhaps that when an XV was selected in the BAND that the ATU TUNE would be disabled, or the ATU always put in BYPASS mode but it is not. 

I know I can put the ATU in bypass mode, but I am bound to forget one day, and accidentally press ATU TUNE and cause damage to my transverter.

I guess I have a feature request, make sure that ATU TUNE button does not transmit when a XV is selected (ATU in bypass mode) , it would also be nice if the ATU mode was band specific.

73

David Anderson GM4JJJ