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

[Don Wilhelm]

Dave,

If you are referring to he Elecraft XV series transverters, then I 
suggest that you set up the transverter to use 4 watts input.  That is a 
level that is quite controllable and the attenuator in the XV 
transverter will handle it with no problems.  ATU Tune will behave as 
expected and no harm will come to the transverter.

If you are using something other than the Elecraft XV series, then your 
comments are valid.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/4/2014 6:36 PM, David Anderson wrote:
> Dear Elecraft,
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> 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.
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>   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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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