[Elecraft] KPA1500 Antenna Select Suggestion

[Chuck Chandler]

Sorry, I mis-spoke in my last msg.

The Six-Pak is connected to Ant1 on the KAT500, not the KPA500!

73, WS1L

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:07 AM Gill via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
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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