[Elecraft] K3 + KPA500 + [future] KAT500 AND QSK

2011-12-22 Thread Phil Hystad
I have been following a short message dialog over on the Palstar yahoo group for the new Palstar HF-Auto automatic tuner. This started with a problem reported that the Palstar tuner does not support QSK which was uncovered when one person complained that the tuner did not work right (would

Re: [Elecraft] K3 + KPA500 + [future] KAT500 AND QSK

2011-12-22 Thread Phil Debbie Salas
This sounds strange to me. Why would the tuner care whether it is in a QSK environment? I run QSK with my K3, KPA500 and MFJ-998 with no problems. Almost sounds like there is some hot-switching going on that makes the tuner declare a SWR fault. The tuner should be outside the QSK loop

Re: [Elecraft] K3 + KPA500 + [future] KAT500 AND QSK

2011-12-22 Thread iain macdonnell - N6ML
It appears that the HF-Auto's method of interrupting amp keying involves a separate relay, inside the ATU, that only activates when RF is sensed and the tuner considers itself tuned. This doesn't work for QSK, which depends on the amp being keyed *before* RF is generated. I would assume that QSK

Re: [Elecraft] K3 + KPA500 + [future] KAT500 AND QSK

2011-12-22 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
The KAT500 works fine with QSK. It will not cause any problems. 73, Eric WA6HHQ www.elecraft.com On 12/22/2011 9:33 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: It appears that the HF-Auto's method of interrupting amp keying involves a separate relay, inside the ATU, that only activates when RF is