[Elecraft] KAT500 - does it earth antenna connections

[Ray]

The Ground should be Attached to the Equipment,
Not to the Antenna lead.
Ray WA6VAB  K3 


From: David Ferrington, M0XDF
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 8:20 AM
To: Ted Edwards W3TB
Cc: ElecraftList
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 - does it earth antenna connections

Or connect a dummy load via a power meter (Bird 43) to antenna 1, so you can check power output against a third party meter.
73 de David, M0XDF
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> On 30 Sep 2021, at 16:10, Ted Edwards W3TB <w3tb.ted at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting idea.
> I have two antennas, so I could connect my ground to #1 and antennas to #2 and #3?
> Just manually choose an antenna on start-up.   Hm-m-m-m-m.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:54 AM David Ferrington, M0XDF <M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk <mailto:M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk>> wrote:
> Thanks Greg - guess I should learn to count!
> 73 de David, M0XDF
> 
> If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. -Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (1475-1564) 
> 
> > On 30 Sep 2021, at 15:46, Greg Mitchell <kb1awm at arrl.net <mailto:kb1awm at arrl.net>> wrote:
> > 
> > It has 3 antenna connections, not 4. It grounds the unused ones and selects antenna 1 on power-off. I put my dummy-load on antenna 1 so my station is disconnected from the antennas when powered down.
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:40 AM David Ferrington, M0XDF <M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk <mailto:M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk><mailto:M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk <mailto:M0XDF at alphadene.co.uk>>> wrote:
> > Sorry if this is obvious, but I haven’t bought a KAT500 yet (to go with the KPA500 I managed to pick up from a fellow ham). I’m aware there are 4 selectable antenna connectors. Does it ground or earth the ones not currently selected?
> > 
> > 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108)
> > 
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