[Elecraft] KAT500?

W2HX w2hx at w2hx.com
Sun Nov 19 17:20:08 EST 2023


Hello there. I am not currently an owner of any elecraft product, but I am seriously considering a KAT500 for use with older analog radios. I hope this is the right place to ask because the elecraft website page for subscribing to this list (https://elecraft.com/pages/community) only mentions "KX1/K1/K2/K3/KX3/P3/KPA500" but here goes.

I am interested in the native capabilities of the remote control software I looked on the elecraft website and only found this manual which only covers installation of the software: https://ftp.elecraft.com/KAT500/Remote%20Software/KAT500-Remote.pdf

But I am interested in what screens are behind the buttons such as Power, Tune, Antenna, Mode, et. Al. But I cannot find any documentation beyond this installation manual. Does it exist? Or does someone know of a youtube video I can watch that goes through this program? I understand that many folks are using node-red for control of the KAT, but right now I'm looking to see the functions of basic application.

Generally, I am wondering if the software supports:

  1.  Setting the SWR threshold --  below which, the tuner will consider a tuning solution to be "done"
  2.  Once the tuning solution is found, the manual changing the L's and C's to fine tune the match as much as possible and then store to memory
  3.  Settings for which antenna should be used for which bands
  4.  Can an antenna be set for use with multiple bands (like OCF dipole)? Or only one band per antenna?

Thanks very much!

73 Eugene W2HX
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