[Elecraft] K3 and KAT500 low power problems

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Thu Nov 13 19:24:54 EST 2014


On 11/13/2014 4:10 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> 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.

Mine wants to see a tune power of 20 - 25W for reliable tuning.  I 
"trained it" on each segment, and normally run it in MAN mode.  It 
recalls the settings almost instantly.  Only annoyance for me is when it 
rains, the window-line changes characteristics just a little. 
California is in a deep drought however, so rain is scarce and this is a 
problem with *my* antenna system, not the KAT500.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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