[Elecraft] KAT500 operation?

[Phil Wheeler]

Phil,

Who reads release notes? :-)

Now I need to go check my set up and see if I have 
it right!

Thanks for calling this to my (our!) attention.

73, Phil W7OX

On 6/14/14, 5:18 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> 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