[Elecraft] KAT500 as a remote-controlled tuner

[Wayne Burdick]

Someone asked me recently whether a KAT500 could be remote-controlled and placed closer to the antenna(s). The answer is yes: All functions of the KAT500 can be conveniently controlled via our KAT500 Utility program, which runs on any PC. Alternatively, you could write your own controller application using the KAT500's simple 2-letter command set.

The tuner would have to be housed in a weather-proof enclosure of your own choice. This part of the project is left as an exercise for the reader. The KAT500 is quite compact, though, so many different NEMA (etc.) enclosures could be used.

73,
Wayne
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