Fred, I do not know what the algorithm is (that is a question for Wayne), but what I do know is that in the KAT2, there are 2 levels - the normal algorithm which is fast to find a match, and the ALT which is slower, but will often find a match in difficult times.
73, Don W3FPR On 8/21/2011 7:24 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > I would suspect Chip has some sort of problem Don, my KAT2 has never > failed to get a match to anything conductive :-). Actually, it won't > load an end-fed half-wave on 40, but does with a 1.3:1 SWR on 20. Go > figure. > > Just out of curiosity, is the KAT2 some sort of steepest descent > algorithm? ... or maybe that's proprietary. At any rate, both my KX1 > and KAT2 ATU's really do work. > > Fred K6DGW > Auburn CA > > On 8/21/2011 4:06 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Chip, >> >> The KAT2 and the KX1 use a similar tuning algorithm, it searches for the >> lowest SWR - but the KX1 capacitor and inductor selections are much more >> limited than those of the KAT2. I am surprised that the KX1 gives you a >> match, but the KAT2 cannot handle the same antenna. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
