[Elecraft] I need some guidance - KAT500

[Bob McGraw]

Your request can be attained by use of the KAT500 Utility to configure 
each antenna or antenna port per band as needed.

I use Ant 1 and Ant 2 for my wire antennas, 160M - 10M and Ant 3 for my 
6M yagi in bypass mode.  After setting up the KAT500 via the Utility, 
and training the KAT500 for the antennas and frequencies, then when I go 
to 6M the KAT500 goes automatically to BYPASS mode.    The other bands 
are selected for "last used" by the Utility.

73

Bob, K4TAX

On 5/5/2022 1:49 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Message: 21
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 07:45:40 -0700
> From: "Mike Flowers"<mike.flowers at gmail.com>
> To:<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>,	<Elecraft_K3 at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] I need some guidance - KAT500
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> Hello Elecrafters,
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> I am running a K3-based K-Line: K3-P3-KAT500-KPS500.
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> Currently, I have two antennas connected to my KAT500: ANT 1 is my SteppIR
> 40/30 3L, and ANT 3 is my 160M/80M dipole.
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> When I have my K3 select 40M/20M/17M/15M/12M/10M/6M, my KAT500 is in BYP
> mode and ANT 1 as expected.
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> On 30M, my SteppIR requires some matching and I have trained the KAT500 to
> match the SteppIR on 30M.  This works fine if I remember to switch the
> KAT500 to MAN before transmitting on 30M.
>
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> On 160M and 80M, the KAT500 selects the ANT 3 correctly, but stays in BYP
> mode and I must switch the KAT500 to MAN to use the KAT500 matching
> parameters.
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> I've been operating this way for 10 years and I'm quite use to these
> methods.
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>   
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> However, it has occurred to me that there may be a way of configuring the
> KAT500 so that:
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> *	When I have the K3 select 30M, the KAT500 selects MAN mode ANT 1,
> and then if 40M/20M/17M/15M/12M/10M/6M is selected, the KAT500 would return
> to BYP mode on ANT1.
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>   
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> *	When I have the K3 select 160m or 80M, the KAT500 would select MAN
> mode ANT 3, and then if 40M/20M/17M/15M/12M/10M/6M is selected, the KAT500
> would return to BYP mode ANT1.
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> It appears to me that once my KAT500 is in BYP mode, it remains in BYP mode
> for whichever band/ANT is selected until changed by the MODE button, and
> once in MAN mode, it remains in that mode until manually changed.
>
>   
>
> I've worked with the KAT500 Utility to try to achieve this more automatic
> switching of antennas and KAT500 modes by band but have not yet succeeded.
> I've read through the manual, but I cannot find what I need to accomplish
> this.
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>
> Your guidance would be most appreciated.  Thanks!
>
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>
> - 73 and good DX de Mike,<http://www.qrz.com/db/k6mkf/>  K6MKF, NCDXC
> <https://www.ncdxc.org/>   Vice-President 2021-2022 - In pursuit of
> DXCELLENCE!
>
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