[Elecraft] KAT500 and questions

[Pete Meier]

Thanks Adrian, I was able to solve this by disabling the 3rd Antenna position.

Why when I have saved a configuration and I go to EDIT CONFIGURATION does it show the default configuration and not what I have saved and is the current active configuration??
This is very confusing to me as it appears that I have not changed the configuration.
Why does it not show the active configuration?  Is it required to start from scratch(default) each edit?

Pete WK8S


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> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:45:57 -0700
> From: Pete Meier <pmeier at me.com>
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> With the KAT500 is it possible to disable 1 of the 3 antenna inputs i.e. when you have only two antennas?
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> Not enabling an antenna input in configuration menu does not actually disable it from being used should that antenna position be selected by mistake i.e. pushing the antenna selection button forgetting that position does not have an antenna connected. 
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> Is there a workaround to really disable it other than connecting a dummy load to that antenna position? 
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> When I disable my antenna3 in the KAT500 utility it?s no longer selectable from the front panel antenna selection button. The button simply goes back and forth from antenna1 to antenna2.  Antenna3 cannot be selected. 
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> 73, Adrian
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>> On Jan 16, 2025, at 3:47?PM, Pete Meier via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> ?With the KAT500 is it possible to disable 1 of the 3 antenna inputs i.e. when you have only two antennas?
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>> Not enabling an antenna input in configuration menu does not actually disable it from being used should that antenna position be selected by mistake i.e. pushing the antenna selection button forgetting that position does not have an antenna connected.
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>> Is there a workaround to really disable it other than connecting a dummy load to that antenna position?
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>> Pete WK8S
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Pete