[Elecraft] K3 and KAT500 low power problems

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,11/13/2014 2:30 PM, ejkkjh at gmail.com wrote:
> On transmit using various digital software and modes, when I transmit at 5 watts the KAT500 has problems.
> I tune up with 20 watts, all is fine, 1.0 swr.  But then I transmit with power at around 5 watts, in a digital transmission, the KAT500 starts a tuning cycle, then ends in a fault condition.  If I transmit with the power above about 10 watts, clear up to 100, everything works perfect?

The reason the KAT500 is misbehaving is that it is a high power antenna 
tuner. Last I looked, 10W was the minimum power for tuning. That's why 
Gary advised you to take it out of Auto mode once you've trained it with 
higher power and stored settings.

73, Jim K9YC