[Elecraft] Remote KAT500

[Jeff Cochrane - VK4XA]

Fred, 
Wouldn't it be easier to just buy something like one of MFJ's remote tuners
that are built exactly for the job you want your KAT500 to do?
If I had a KAT500, I don't think I'd want my $700 Elecraft auto tuner left
outside, where it was never meant to be. (Even if it was in a sealed,
water-proof container).
(And yes, I use a MFJ remote ATU for my portable Vertical.)

Jeff C. VK4XA

k6dgw wrote
> I'd like to hear from anyone who has remoted a KAT500 out to the base of 
> a vertical.  We're moving to an HOA community.  The HOA appears to be 
> quite benign and benevolent, I'm planning on a flag pole [with a flag on 
> good wx days] in the backyard, with an insulator at the bottom where I'd 
> like to remote my KAT500 in a wx-proof box.  I'll probably power it 
> through the same conduit that carries the coax.  It would not be 
> connected to the K3 of course.
> 
> I'd like to run it in MAN mode as I do now.  If I start in AUTO and step 
> through all the band segments, will it learn the settings, and just 
> recall them as soon as it senses RF?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
> - www.cqp.org





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Jeff Cochrane - VK4XA
Innisfail, QLD, Australia.
K3 #4767

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