Thank you Wayne. I understand about the KAT3 now, keep that wish list going. Now to decide if go with the KAT3 or KAT500. I use a manual tuner now. While remote, kind of tuff to get my dog to adjust the manual tuner.
73 John N3WT -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Burdick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 8:30 PM To: John Sweeney Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT3 ATU question The KAT3 doesn't recall LC settings just due to VFO rotation, although this is on the wish-list. The K3 will, however, send frequency commands to an attached KAT500 tuner as the VFO is moved. The KAT3 does recall LC settings when you use certain controls, including BAND UP/DN, FREQ ENT., M>V (memory recall), VFO A/B SWAP, VFO REVerse, etc. Since the KAT3's relays are all driven at the same time (in parallel), transmitting in a different part of the band loads new LC settings so quickly that it doesn't interfere with CW element length. 73, Wayne N6KR On Sep 27, 2014, at 3:22 PM, "John Sweeney" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Question regarding the KAT3, internal ATU in K3. This is not clear to > me in the product description. > > Does the KAT3 retune along with the VFO frequency, once memories are stored, > without RF sent through it? Or, is Tune with transmit RF required for the > ATU to sense the frequency and tune for best match? I believe the > KAT500 adjusts based on rx frequency, but not sure about the KAT3. > > Thanks > > John , N3WT > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 Message delivered to > [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
