The KAT500 remembers tuner settings by frequency ("band segment" or "bin")
and antenna connector.If you have five 80 meter antennas remotely switched, and they're all different impedances, then you should expect some searching. At the other extreme, if your 5-port remote switch selects between five monobanders and that switching occurs before you transmit on a new band, then the KAT500 sees the one antenna connector as a single multi-band antenna. Tuner settings are located by frequency and antenna connector, and as long as you choose the same antenna each time you transmit on a given band, then you should expect quick "memory recall" tunes. 73 de Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Kahn - Ham Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:54 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Using KAT500 With Antenna Switch All, In the next few weeks, I'll be ordering my KAT500. In my shack, to save on feed line tangles, I use an MFJ 5-port remote antenna switch. Since I only have one feed line into the shack, and thus will only use one port on the KAT500, can I assume that I'll experience (expected) issues with storing tuning settings in memory? By this, I mean that when I switch back and forth between my dipole and my 5-band Hexx Beam, the tuner will go through a tune cycle each time and not necessarily remember the settings? This is what I expect, given that I plan to only use one antenna port, but want to verify that my assumption is, indeed, correct. Thanks for the bandwidth. 73, -- Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [email protected] K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team ______________________________________________________________ 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
