Craig, A reasonable suggestion I think.
I wonder why it is taking so long to get detail for the KAT-500? The surprise announcement of the KX3 and subsequent listing on the website including accessories etc appears to have overtaken somewhat the expected release of information on the KAT-500. It is ONLY an antenna tuner and it is not rocket science and there are several versions of these already available and so I question why we are not hearing more definitive information on the KAT-500 which I would have thought would be a priority after release of the KPA-500 as many of us wanted the auto-tuner as well as the amplifier but now it appears as though the tuner may have taken a back seat somewhat as more effort is placed into getting the KX3 into production. The KPA-500 is a great product and many of us have flogged it to death without any catastrophic failures and as we see more units being placed on air it seems like we should see the auto-tuner appear soon but alas no firm data has surfaced so the wait continues.....:-( Being able to expand the antenna ports would be a great enhancement but I wonder how difficult that would be given we know so little about the KAT-500? We can always live in hope...:-) Gary On 13 July 2011 07:55, Craig Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I certainly understand the impracticality in terms of cost and size of > designing the basic KAT500 with a large number of output ports. My personal > wish is that an optional external Elecraft unit will eventually be available > that will allow for port expansion based on the user's desire for number and > configuration. It should be waterproof (or easily made so) and controlled > by the same bus as the external KAT500. > > 73 Craig AC0DS > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
