Good Evening,
There were brief pauses in the rain this week. Sometimes the breaks
were sunny. Other times there was snow. Snow line keeps moving up and
down past me so any accumulation is temporary.
The sun has a few large, active sunspot groups. There are no
predicted CMEs.
Interesting to note that there is no “Idle” button in your image. I guess
that’s elsewhere in the utility.
I would assume that as they’ve used the word “Power” in the utility, I’d expect
it to be the same as the power button on the front panel of the KAT500. From
what you’re saying, it
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I think it does more than shutdown the oscillator. It seems to turn off all
leds and return the unit the bypass mode. It looks really shutdown. I am
referring to this checkbox "power" on the top right.
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From the KAT500 manual:
"Idle Sleep
In some installations a 28004.5 MHz signal may be heard from an oscillator in
the KAT500. If this is an issue, you can shut it down when it is not needed.
Click on Idle Sleep to put a check in the radio button. The oscillator will
stop running shortly after
When I use the KAT Utility to power down the KAT500, anyone know how much
current it consumes in this sleeping mode? I ask because I was surprised that I
had a dead battery this morning after a week or so of non-use (battery is a
rechargeable Lipo so no problem) but I was wondering how "asleep"
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