I love how well the external KPA100 performs and integrates with my KX3,
and am particularly impressed at the speed the PA's ATU can find a match.
The only niggle I have is that I need to remember to disable the ATU when
using my mag loop on antenna 2 and enable it when using the end-fed wire
on
The KAT500 remembers its settings for each band/port combination. You can
connect several antennas to a given port through external switches, but if
two of those antennas are ever used on the same band, there is a danger
that the KAT500's settings that work with one of the antennas will be wrong
Or, perhaps experienced users can tell me that the tuning works
quick enough that even if I try to confuse it the KAT500 will be
quick enough that it isn't an issue.
Since there is no overlap among the 160m inverted-L, LPDA (20-10)
and 6 meter Yagi, I would put them on the manual switch on one
Chuck,
Since you have a manual switch for your antennas --
Consider your operating habits.
Connect the 2 antennas you most frequently use to their own KAT500 port,
then connect the others through your switch.
Since you have the vertical which covers all bands, and other bands that
overlap
Currently I have five antennas connected to my K3S via a manual switch:
LPDA, 20 through 10
Vertical, CW on 80, low end of 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10.
Dipole, Phone on 75, phone on 40, 20, 15
Inverted-L on 160
Yagi on 6
Mostly the antennas are below 2:1, but they need some flattening on 160,
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