Phil,
Who reads release notes? :-)
Now I need to go check my set up and see if I have
it right!
Thanks for calling this to my (our!) attention.
73, Phil W7OX
On 6/14/14, 5:18 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
These instructions were in the release notes for the
firmware update that included the feature.
So, if you downloaded the firmware, you should have
been able to get the release notes; but, they are also
found on the Elecraft web page for firmware software
updates.
73, phil, K7PEH
On Jun 14, 2014, at 5:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Thank you Phil, K7PEH!
I must not have gotten the memo on that menu selection in the K3!
Now all is working as it should.
Thanks everyone for all the helpful replies.
73's
Mike AC6JA
In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:56:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Have you verified that this automatic feature is enabled in your K3?
Here is what you need to do on the K3:
To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking:
- Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry,
- Tap '1' until you see "KAT500Y". (The other selection is "KAT500N",
the default, which turns VFO tracking off.)
73, phil, K7PEH
On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have to transmit for a brief second after I switch bands for the tuner to
switch to the new setting. I'll usually just hear a click and it's done.
But I thought I read somewhere that the tuner would update to the new
settings when switching bands/frequencies automatically without having to
transmit a carrier.
I have the Elecraft auxilliary cables and the K3 and KPA500 bands track
properly.
Mike AC6JA
In a message dated 6/14/2014 4:29:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
On 6/14/2014 12:11 PM, Mike Hagele AC6JA via Elecraft wrote:
I am using a K3 and KPA500 with the KAT500. I also have the KAT500
mode set to MAN. I thought that the firmware was supposed to switch
the tuner automatically when you switch bands? After I go to a new
band, I need to tap my key momentarily to get the tuner to tune to
the new frequency. Is this normal? Let me know as I thought the
tuner would remember the presets when QSY'ing to a new frequency?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hmmm ... I have the control cables ... K3-->KAT500/KAT500-->KPA500,
I've trained my KAT500 for all 3 antennas on all the bands that each of
them work on, and I run the KAT500 in MAN. All indications are that the
KAT500 recalls the correct solution for the frequency when I QSY to a
new frequency or band.
I'm hardly an expert on the insides of Elecraft firmware, and I suppose
it could be recalling on very first sign of RF and doing so very quickly
so that I don't notice it, but I really don't think so.
I do notice when changing bands that the K3 power control sometimes
takes a dit or two to settle to the correct drive power ... often that
first dit will blink the 600 [occasionally 700] watt LED.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
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