[Elecraft] KAT-500 behavior under firmware 1.58

2014-02-22 Thread DeYoung James
Greetings, Here is a little feedback on the new KAT-500 firmware.  I installed version 1.58 last night and was using my 160m capacitance hat vertical antenna and observed what I think is strange behavior.  First, I admit my 160m cap. hat vertical is not an optimal antenna.  Previous versions

Re: [Elecraft] KAT-500 behavior under firmware 1.58

2014-02-22 Thread Sam Morgan
I have had just the opposite results with v 1.58 My amp is an AL-811, I run it at about 300-400w on 160m My 160m antenna is a 7' tall HiQ screwdriver antenna (also with a top hat) @ 20' with 16 radials each 13' long on my apartment roof. With no tuner my SWR on 160m ranges from 2.0:1 to 4.5:1