Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Dick Dievendorff
1) It doesn't matter which order you hold the K3 tune button or tap KAT500 tune. I prefer to start KAT500 TUNE first, because it reduces on-air signal time, and this interrupts the amp key line immediately, before RF. The KAT500 continues tuning when RF arrives. 2) I don't use Mode AUTO mode.

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Fred Jensen
Hmmm ... I think you may have pointed out a technical difficulty in my mind. I thought the KAT500 divided the bands up into fixed segments and I trained mine at what I thought was the center of each segment ... every 10 KHz on 160, 20 KHz on 80, 50 KHz on 40/30, 100 KHz on 20/17/15/10, and I

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Dick Dievendorff
If your antenna tuner settings at nearby frequencies are similar, they don't all need to be present. The ATU searches left and right of the tune freq for the first non-empty memory. But if there is a stale entry from a prior antenna, it looks just as good for a Memory recall tune. The

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Jim Bennett
As I read Fred's note, it seems like maybe he is assuming that it can keep multiple settings, as he said he has more than one antenna for most bands. Does the KAT500 keep a separate set of memories for each ANTx port, or is there just ONE for each band, irregardless of what ANTx port the

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Fred Jensen
On 3/1/2014 11:04 AM, Jim Bennett wrote: As I read Fred's note, it seems like maybe he is assuming that it can keep multiple settings, as he said he has more than one antenna for most bands. Does the KAT500 keep a separate set of memories for each ANTx port, or is there just ONE for each band,

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Jim Bennett
And that is good to know - thanks guys! On Saturday, Mar 1, 2014, at Saturday, 2:28 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: On 3/1/2014 11:04 AM, Jim Bennett wrote: As I read Fred's note, it seems like maybe he is assuming that it can keep multiple settings, as he said he has more than one antenna for

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 Tracking of K3 VFO

2014-03-01 Thread Fred Jensen
I don't want to belabor this but I do want to understand, this is sort of science so it therefore must be hard :-) All this assumes MAN mode which is what I run in. 1. There are defined band segments where the KAT500 stores matching solutions if trained, by antenna port. 2. If a band