[Elecraft] KPA1500 ATU

K9MA k9ma at sdellington.us
Tue May 22 18:55:02 EDT 2018


I'll try that, but I suspect the delay in switching the ATU will 
persist.  I'd like the option to turn off that delay, so the beginning 
of my call isn't cut off.

73,
Scott K9MA

On 5/22/2018 07:13, Buck wrote:
> After you've trained the ATU, switch it to manual mode
>
> k4ia, Buck
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> On 5/21/2018 11:43 PM, K9MA wrote:
>> After "training" the ATU across part of the band and, I think, 
>> setting up the K3 so it should track, I notice some strange 
>> behavior.  As I tune to a different segment of the band, and stop, 
>> there's a delay or a second or so before the ATU relays switch. Other 
>> times, even though it's already been tuned to the new frequency, it 
>> doesn't switch until transmission starts which, of course, garbles 
>> the first character.  Am I doing something wrong, or have others 
>> notice this behavior?  I assumed that once the ATU has been tuned to 
>> each band segment, it would switch as soon as the K3 was tuned to a 
>> new segment (if necessary), so it would be ready to go when 
>> transmission starts.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Scott K9MA
>>
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