[Elecraft] Frequency Tracking Revisited

2021-07-11 Thread Andy Durbin
"As I now understand Frequency Tracking, it works like this: 1. Once the KAT500 is "trained," the frequency segments attributed to each band are places where the KAT500 will look for good SWR matches. In other words, if I happen to have the VFO set on a frequency that is in Segment 5 (my label,

Re: [Elecraft] Frequency Tracking Revisited

2021-07-11 Thread Jack Brindle via Elecraft
Richard; There is good reason to train the KAT500, especially if you use SSB. First, you need to always tune the KAT500 with CW. The K3’s TUNE function takes care of this quite well. Simply tune to a frequency, tap the KAT’s TUNE button, then hit the K3’s TUNE button. When the KAT finishes, dro

[Elecraft] Frequency Tracking Revisited

2021-07-11 Thread Richard
K3s/KAT500 As I now understand Frequency Tracking, it works like this: 1. Once the KAT500 is "trained," the frequency segments attributed to each band are places where the KAT500 will look for good SWR matches. In other words, if I happen to have the VFO set on a frequency that is in Segment 5

[Elecraft] Frequency Tracking

2021-07-06 Thread Richard
At the top of page 17 of the KAT500 manual are instructions for employing Frequency Tracking with a K3s/KAT500 combination. Great idea. Excellent time saver. At the bottom of page 16 are four bullets prescribing the segment sizes for the various bands. Since most 6-meter SSB activity around he