*Fred, I hear the relays clattering BUT nowhere near as loud as the LDG product and this is only during a full tune.
Once the bands have been swept initially, you only here a click on key up as the kat500 selects a memory bin. Gary * On 2 November 2012 21:18, Fred Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I would doubt anything could be as bad as bad as the LDG's. I had a new > 1000 > Pro and it sounded like you were shaking a gallon can with 2 dozen marbles > in it unloaded 2 weeks after I bought it. Don't know about the Elecraft but > my Palstar HF-Auto and the Alpha 4040 Auto Tuner I have on order all have > the stepper motors and they are quiet. > > My KAT100 is quiet so I expect the 500 to be the same. > > 73, > Fred/N0AZZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon K Hellan > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 6:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 how noisy? > > I've got the LDG AT-600Pro. It does what I need it to do, but it's > awfully noisy when it cannot recall a setting from memory. How much > noise does the KAT500 make? > > 73 > Jon LA4RT > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- *Gary* *Start the day off slow, then taper off.........* K3 #679 KPA500FT #18 KAT500FT 007 P3 #1629 ______________________________________________________________ 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

