Sorry. But my solution to this problem was to use my K3S to teach my KAT500 all about my antenna first. Now when I hook up the KX3 I don't have to tune the KAT500. It already knows the antenna.
What do you see with a dummy load on KXAT100 with both ATUs By-Passed? If not near 1:1, then start here and find out why. Once this checks, move dummy load to KAT500 output. Should also be 1:1 or nearly so. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jan 25, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Kenneth Christiansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you to the three people that responded to this so far but each of you > accused me of having my friend run three tuners in a row. The KX3 turns it's > tuner off when it senses the KXPA100 is connected and turned on. There is a > setting in the MENU to turn off the tuner in the KXPA100 which we did and > have to keep watching as the equipment keeps wanting to turn it back on. The > problem we are having is tuning the KAT500. Hi SWRs are sent back to the > KXPA100 and it trips out. I was hoping there is someone out there that is > making this work. I have a K3S myself and a KAT500 and they work perfectly > together at 25 watts for tuning than the full 500 watts after it is tuned. My > friend does not have a K3S so we need to make the KX3 and KXPA100 work. > > Thank you > > KEN. W0CZ > [email protected] > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 25, 2017, at 1:45 PM, Kenneth Christiansen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi to the group >> >> I have a friend with the following equipment. >> KX3 with built in tuner. >> KXPA100 with built in tuner. >> KPA500 >> KAT500 >> 50 ft of LMR400 coax >> R9 vertical. >> The KPA500 is not in the circuit at this time. >> We try to tune the KPA500 using the station set for 20 watts and a hand key. >> The KXPA100 often kicks out. The SWR of the KAT500 changes quite a bit over >> a tuning cycle and I think that is what is causing the trouble. >> >> Is anyone else using this combination of equipment and can give us some >> guide lines on setting up each piece of equipment and a procedure to tune up >> the KAT500 without hurting the KXPA100? >> >> Thanks to anyone that can help as this has turned into an expensive problem >> that has destroyed three pieces of equipment. >> >> Ken. W0CZ >> [email protected] >> >> Sent from my iPad >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
