[Elecraft] K3 to KAT500

[Bill W2BLC]

Yes - you may be onto something indeed!  Have you ever watched a 
frequency counter while speaking on SSB?

As the KAT500 measures the frequency you are transmitting on to 
determine what tuning memory to go use - this may well be the problem. 
Mid QSO, the frequency counter determines you are now transmitting on a 
new frequency and the tuner goes nuts. This may be experienced more by 
some operators than others - due, in part, to their particular voice 
characteristics. CW would enter no variables for the frequency counter 
to misinterpret.

For whatever reason it fails, the tuner and amp are of no use to me - 
hence, I am happily running 100 Watts using the infallible KAT3 internal 
antenna tuner. It is quiet, fast, and has never failed me. I am heard 
where I want to be, some saying there is little to no difference without 
the 500 Watt amp. These are the folks I QSO with every day - so those 
reports count.

The expensive tuner and amp may well be headed down the road - factory 
built and six months old - I am not pleased. Will I purchase a 
replacement amp and tuner? I really do not know. The jury is out and no 
decisions have been made about any changes yet.

Bill W2BLC K-Line(???)