[Elecraft] KPA-1500 wish list

[N4ZR]

Yup, but old habits die hard!

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/20/2019 2:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> The simple solution to this is to TX a dit before making the call. 
> I've done this for years when working with auto-detect equipment like 
> the KAT500, KPA500, and 87A. On SSB, the equivalent is to tap the mic.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 11/20/2019 6:40 AM, N4ZR wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd love to have 50-ohm resonant antennas on every band.  Short of 
>> that, there does not appear to be any way around the ATU's need  to 
>> identify which antenna is selected by the external switch, before it 
>> can decide which stored setting to apply. This takes a measurable 
>> amount of time, as much as one character of 30 WPM CW, and I'm told 
>> that until this process is completed, the amplifier is bypassed.  
>> I've observed, for example, that when I pounce on a CQer 
>> significantly far away from the frequency of my last QSO, the "N" in 
>> my call becomes "E", or goes away entirely, as heard by the other 
>> station.
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