[Elecraft] KPA1500 Antenna Select Suggestion

[N4ZR]

Gill, you don't mention which firmware you're running on the KPA-1500.  
About a month ago the guys at Elecraft released revised firmware to help 
me fix what sounds like an identical problem.  With the latest firmware 
I jump back and forth between very dissimilar antennas on ANT 1 on 40M 
(via an external switch), with never a hiccup. At most, the amp is 
bypassed for a split second while the machine figures things out, but no 
faults.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/17/2020 11:06 AM, Gill via Elecraft wrote:
> I have two directional wire antennas for 160-40m that each work quite
> well with the KPA1500. I can electrically switch between the two 'for
> best signal' - they are on Ant port 1. Ant port 2 is dedicated to a beam
> for 20M up. The tuning solution for each is wire antenna is different
> enough to cause faults frequently when I switch from one to  the other
> at higher power.  The issue is quite annoying on 160M & 80M. I have
> tried erasing the memory & "re-learning" the solution for each antenna
> so there would be only two solutions per bin. That did not help much. It
> would be a great addition to the amp if a "virtual Antenna port 3" could
> be implemented with software to select a portion of the bins for
> memorizing tuning solutions for another antenna. A macro could be used
> to track the selected section of memory when switching from the "NW ant"
> to the "NE ant." Then (hopefully) the amp would switch to the new
> solution series before key down. I, for one, would consider this a great
> addition for use in contests.
>
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