I agree with George about the new Palstar HF-Auto..... but it has stepper motors and costs $1500 also not the same class of tuner plus it's a legal limit tuner.
73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser #'s 6730/5299--KX3 # 2573--K2/100--KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Gregory Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 8:41 PM To: george fritkin Cc: El Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 - how loud when tuning? Regardless of the 'rattle' of the kat500, once done on all bands needed, the result is you only get a 'click' on band change and qsy if a new bin memory is asserted. Other than those instances the kat500 is quiet. Not sure what all the fuss is about...it is what it is.....:-) 73 On 25 May 2013 07:01, george fritkin <georgefrit...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It is not nearly quiet as my Palstar auto > > George,W6GF > > > ________________________________ > From: Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 - how loud when tuning? > > > You can hear it, and it's louder than the KAT3 100W tuner in the K3, > but it's quieter than any other high-powered auto-tuner I've used. I > have 3 antennas, all multi-band [but not all the same bands]. I went > through all the segments on all bands, and tuned the appropriate > antennas > [KAT500 "remembers" settings on a frequency/antenna basis]. > > For each band, one antenna is designated "preferred," and if another > will also work on that band, it is secondary. Antennas that don't > work on a particular band are disabled in the tuner. It's really > slick and I don't think I've run an auto-tune cycle in months. Just > QSY and hit the key. Where I have two antennas, I can switch > instantly between them just by tapping the ANT switch. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 > - www.cqp.org > > On 5/24/2013 3:04 AM, Jon Hellan wrote: > > I've got the LDG AT-600Pro. It does what I need it to do, but it's > > awfully loud when it cannot recall a setting from memory. How much > > noise does the KAT500 make? > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** KX3-K * ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3184/6355 - Release Date: 05/24/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3184/6355 - Release Date: 05/24/13 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
