[Elecraft] KAT500 operation?

[Phil Hystad]

These instructions were in the release notes for the
firmware update that included the feature.  

So, if you downloaded the firmware, you should have
been able to get the release notes; but, they are also
found on the Elecraft web page for firmware software
updates.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Jun 14, 2014, at 5:01 PM, AC6JA at aol.com wrote:

> Thank you Phil, K7PEH!
> I must not have gotten the memo on that menu selection in the K3!
> Now all is working as it should.
> Thanks everyone for all the helpful replies.
> 73's
>  
> Mike  AC6JA
>  
> In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:56:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, phystad at mac.com writes:
> Have you verified that this automatic feature is enabled in your K3?
> 
> Here is what you need to do on the K3:
> 
> To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking:
>       - Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry,
>       - Tap '1' until you see "KAT500Y". (The other selection is "KAT500N", the default, which turns VFO tracking off.)
> 
> 73, phil, K7PEH
> 
> 
> On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to 
> > switch to the new setting.  I'll usually just hear a click and it's  done.
> > But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new  
> > settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to  
> > transmit a carrier.
> > I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track  
> > properly.
> > 
> > Mike  AC6JA
> > 
> > 
> > In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> > k6dgw at foothill.net writes:
> > 
> > On  6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote:
> >> I am using a  K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500
> >> mode set to MAN.  I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch
> >> the tuner  automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new
> >> band, I need  to tap my key  momentarily to get the tuner to tune to
> >> the new  frequency. Is this  normal? Let me know as I thought the
> >> tuner  would remember the presets when  QSY'ing to a new frequency?
> >> Any  help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> > 
> > Hmmm ... I have the control cables  ... K3-->KAT500/KAT500-->KPA500,
> > I've trained my KAT500 for all 3  antennas on all the bands that each of 
> > them work on, and I run the KAT500  in MAN.  All indications are that the 
> > KAT500 recalls the correct  solution for the frequency when I QSY to a 
> > new frequency or  band.
> > 
> > I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I  suppose 
> > it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very  quickly 
> > so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so.
> > 
> > I  do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes 
> > takes a  dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that 
> > first dit  will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED.
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Fred  K6DGW
> > - Northern California Contest Club
> > - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party  4-5 Oct 2014
> > -  www.cqp.org
> > 
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