I worked them on CW on all bands except for 60-meters and on FT8 (yuck) on all
bands except for 40 and 60-meters.
On 160 I have an inverted-L, 55' vertical with a loading wire. On the other
bands I drop the wire and use the KAT500 to tune it for 80, 60 and 30 meters.
Inverted-V for 40.
For 10 thru 20 I have a modest triband OB7-3 that I tune on 12 an 17 with the
KAT500. TS-890 -> KPA500.
I just wish that the KAT500 was actually built to the schematic with an input
attenuator that would flatten the load to the transceiver while tuning.
Wes N7WS
On 9/13/2023 2:45 AM, eric norris via Elecraft wrote:
I love chasing DXpeditions. For E51D, N. Cook, due to a minor injury, I found myself
"trapped" in my evil lair in far Northern California near Lake Almanor, CN90.
Stranded with only a K3S, KPA500, and KAT500-- I could only put up a 15m
inverted V on an MFJ mast at 15ft, and a high-power Hamstick on 40m at 8ft.
Two pathetic radials. Fortunately for me, these were up before my unplanned
dive onto cement.
My temporary QTH is down in a bowl, surrounded by high trees. Mt. Lassen is a
mere 18 miles away by pyroclastic flow, smack-dab between me and Japan.
The Hamstick is designed for SSB, obviously, and I did not not get an an answer
from MFJ as to how much power it could take on CW. As time in the pileup went
on, the PWR knob crept clockwise. Never have I been so happy to have a dx op
running at 40wpm!
To my astonishment, the KAT500 loaded up the little V on 10, 12, 17, and 20m to
an SWR around 1.5, and the 40m Hamstck on 30m below 2. UNBELIEVEABLE. No
salted snow in sight!
Thanks to the great ears of the E51D CW ops, low local noise, plenty of time on
my hands, and the SUPERB KAT500, I worked them on 10-40M CW, and had a blast
doing it.
Thank you, Elecraft!
73, Eric NF6S
ex WD6DBM
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