[Elecraft] KAT500 follows K3 RX freq

[Wes]

I agree, Andy.  The manual should probably clearer about that.  Setting it up in 
the K3 when no KAT3 is installed is a little weird too, but it works out.

To check this out I used the KAT utility to watch the frequency that the KAT500 
was following. You do have to understand that the readout doesn't update until 
you stop turning the knob and it has only 8 kHz resolution.

Wes  N7WS


On 8/22/2019 10:54 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
> "If setup according to the KAT500 manual (and using the appropriate cables), the KAT does follow the K3(S) TX frequency."
>
> Thanks Wes, and to Dick for his earlier comments.   I'll assume from now on that anyone saying the KAT500 and KPA500 follow the RX frequency of a K3(S), when TX freq not equal to RX freq,  does not have the appropriate firmware or hardware configuration.
>
> The documentation could be a lot clearer though.  For a rig that has two VFO and the ability to offset TX freq from RX freq by use of split, and/or RIT,  and/or XIT, saying the KAT500 will "follow changes in the K3’s VFO frequency during receive"  seems to be a somewhat inadequate description.
>
> 73,
> Andy, k3wyc