[Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

Jim Bennett w6jhb at mac.com
Sat Mar 1 17:34:14 EST 2014


And that is good to know - thanks guys!

On   Saturday, Mar 1, 2014, at  Saturday, 2:28 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> On 3/1/2014 11:04 AM, Jim Bennett wrote:
>> As I read Fred's note, it seems like maybe he is assuming that it can
>> keep multiple settings, as he said he "has more than one antenna for
>> most bands." Does the KAT500 keep a separate set of memories for each
>> ANTx port, or is there just ONE for each band, irregardless of what
>> ANTx port the antenna is hooked to? My understanding was that there
>> is just ONE set of memories. Yes?
> 
> I'll defer to Dick because he actually *knows*, but I have 3 antennas and I set the 500 up with the utility with a primary and secondary antenna on each band [where I had more than one].  The other(s) are disabled so when I punch the ANT button, it cycles through those that are enabled.  When I was training it, the solutions were different depending on which antenna I was on, and now, it recalls the correct L-C solution when I change antennas.
> 
> So, I think it remembers your settings by band segment for each of the three antenna outputs.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
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