Jim. Be sure to set up the KAT500 Configuration: Amplifier Key Interrupt Power = Optimize for KPA500 (not the default 30 w) Amplifier Key Interrupt VSWR Threshold = ~2.5:1 (not the default 99:1) I set the Autotune VSWR Threshold to 1.8:1 (or maybe that is the default)
In the K3 set PWR SET to Per Band and TUN PWR to nor. Cheers, 73, Fred KE7X "The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation 2nd ed" "The Elecraft KX3 - Going for the summit" www.ke7x.com or www.lulu.com (Coming soon with explanations of all this: "The Elecraft KPA500 and KAT500 - the K-Line Dream Station") Fred Cady fcady at ieee dot org > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:elecraft- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Buck - k4ia > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 / KPA500 / KAT500 Tuning > > Is it possible that your antenna is tuned already? If it weren't, and > the SWR were too high, you would not get 500 watts out of the amp. You > would get a FAULT message and the whole thing would shut down. > > Buck > k4ia > > On 11/12/2013 2:40 PM, Jim Bennett wrote: > > Folks, sorry if this has been discussed on the reflector before, but > I've looked through the archives and drew a blank. I know I saw it but > try as I may, can't find any related posts. > > > > I just this week added a KPA500 and KAT500 to my K3 station. > Documentation sez that the KAT500 tunes best when the K3 is set to 25 > watts of tune power. OK, got that set. But, what ideally should happen > is that if the amp is in OPER mode and I press & hold the TUNE button > on the K3, the amp should temporarily go to STBY mode until the tuner > has finished doing it's thing. It doesn't - the amp fires out 450 - 500 > watts - not cool. > > > > Have I missed a setting somewhere that will make this happen, in case > I forget to put the amp in standby mode, before I run a tune cycle? > > > > Tnx, Jim / W6JHB > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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
