[Elecraft] KAT500 Utility problem

[George Kidder]

Dick and Steve,

Thanks so much for your comments.  The problem was indeed a cable - it 
had fallen out completely!  The rig is in a tough place to get at the 
back, and I never noticed.  The "interrupter" can only be fastened with 
a wrench, and I had not done that, with the results noted.  Now I have 
found the wrench in my tool box, and I think it will stay in place!

Harry,

You are right about the requirement to pause - now I can see that, with 
the rest of the problems solved.

I guess you cannot expect information transfer through thin air!

Thanks again,

George, W3HBM


On 1/11/2017 3:29 PM, Harry Yingst wrote:
> I'm running the latest ver 5.54 on my K3 and ver1.75 on my KAT500 and I do hear the relays click as I tune
> But you do need to pause on a frequency for them to click (they don't switch while tuning)
>
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>        From: George Kidder <gkidder at ilstu.edu>
>   To: 'Elecraft Reflector' <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>   Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 2:56 PM
>   Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 Utility problem
>     
> Hi gang,
>
> I hope this is a minor problem, but I cannot seem to solve it.  I have a
> K3 running 5.53 firmware, and a recently acquired KAT500. They are
> connected as in Figure 2 of the KAT500 manual, using the KPAK3AUX cable
> with the key line interrupter, and a separate key line to activate my
> AL-80A amplifier.  Everything seems to work "just as per" with the
> exception of the frequency tracking function on receive.  This was
> running at one time; I did a tune every time the K3 crossed a frequency
> boundary, and it seemed to track thereafter.  Now it won't track - no
> relay noise from one end of the band to the other.  It seems to remember
> specific settings, and will re-tune on transmit, but does not re-tune on
> VFO movement.  (No split freq, either.)  There is no KAT3 in the K3, so
> CONFIG:KAT3 indicates "not inSt", but tap 1 toggles getween KAT500N and
> KAT500Y, and was left in the latter position.
>
> This is no big deal, but it would be handy if the KAT500 would return on
> receive to the last settings for that frequency, rather than wait for a
> transmit pulse.  Besides, it is supposed to do just that!
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> George, W3HBM
>
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