Russell, I have the same experience with my 7300 exactly, needing to shift to CW mode to match the KAT500. It’s at the point where it’s just what I do.
Dick, I have the cable for connecting the 7300 to an external tuner, such as the AH-4, and I found that it did work fine for initiating a tune. But what I want is to use the stored settings in the KAT500 rather than initiate a tune each time, so I have KAT500 in “MAN” setting. The CW key transmission is what I need to use to activate the right pre-loaded setting for the frequency in the KAT500. I did find that the 12 volt connector part of the I-think-it-was LDG cable was so sloppy that it would not stay in the KAT500. So I just don’t use it at all. 73 Hoop K9QJS On Sep 12, 2020, at 2:18 PM, Dick Dievendorff <[email protected]> wrote: Page 13 of the KAT500 owners manual describes an AH-4 connection between Icom radios and the KAT500. Does this work for you? 73 de Dick, K6KR > On Sep 12, 2020, at 14:06, Russell Domareck via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I own a KAT500 and KPA500 that I use with an IC 7300. When in CW mode, the > KAT500 can be activated by keying the IC 7300, no problem. This allows the > KAT500 to find a match with low power while the KPA500 is in standby mode. > In SSB mode, there is still the need to activate the KAT500 for the match, > however, neither keying the mike nor speaking into the mike activates the > KAT500. A press of the transmit button in the IC 7300 also did not activate > the KAT500. I find that I have to first switch to CW mode for the activation > before switching to SSB so that the KAT500 is all set for KPA500 operation. > Is what I am doing the only way to do this? I have read related posts on > this subject but they did not satisfactorily answer my question. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
