Of course the KAT500 is on order! I placed my order over the phone the first day it became available, hihi! I just think the internal K3 ATU should not be tuned into the theoretical 50 ohm input of the KPA500. Aren't there internal losses through the ATU components that don't need to happen if the tuner is bypassed? I "assume" a firmware change could allow the ATU status to follow the OPER and STBY modes like the different power levels? Just wonder how everyone else has their K3/KPA500 set up? Mike AC6JA In a message dated 6/14/2012 2:02:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Yes, I was wondering how he was tuning with the amp on too... Of course we just need to sell him a KAT500! Keith WE6R On 6/14/2012 11:10 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: > I think you're missing the point, Keith ... or maybe I am. If you tune > the KAT3 to match the amp, then it will not match the antenna when the > amp is out of line. Of course this somewhat begs the question; how is > the antenna being matched when the amp is active? Maybe it's close to > 2:1, which is still acceptable, but the original poster wants to use > the KAT3 to get a better match when operating barefoot... > > 73, > > ~iain / N6ML > > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Keith<[email protected]> wrote: >> If you have the optional Aux cable, set the K3 power set to "Per Band", >> then you can have different power levels depending on the OPerat or >> Stndby mode of the KPA500. You will just have to go thru once and set >> the levels to get 500 out (and whatever you want for Stndby). >> The KAT3 is never really bypassed, it is just put into default settings >> that are matched for a dummy load. >> I would tune the ATU into the amp and leave it on. >> Keith WE6R >> >> On 6/14/2012 10:00 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Don Putnick<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Just out of curiosity, any particular reason you want to bypass the K3 ATU? >>> Presumably because any stored match settings would be impertinent when >>> feeding the amp, vs. feeding the antenna(e) directly. >>> >>> The real question is; why would you ever want to operate without the >>> amp?? *grin* >>> >>> ~iain / N6ML >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
