When the tuner is powered off, the ANT1 port is connected to the Transmitter port with no tuner L or C applied.
/Rick On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:18 PM, ab2tc <ab...@arrl.net> wrote: > Hi, > > My expectation and this is how it's been explained to me by the author of > the KAT500 software is that when the tuner is not powered it will be in > bypass mode. This is the way every other auto tuner I am aware of works. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > goldtr8 wrote > > After reading the manual that was scanned in I noticed that when the unit > > is turned off that the antenna ports are not shorted together. > > > > For my qth I like to shut down my station with my antenna switch the off > > position shorting my antennas to ground. This in my mind is a good thing > > as it helps drain static from the system. So I am thinking that if I get > > a KAT500 then I would have to add more switches one for each antenna. > > > > Am I correct in my thinking or are there better ideas how to get this > > accomplished. Extra switches need extra coax which is more cost and a > wee > > bit more loss. > > > > Any thoughts, comments. > > > > Thanks > > Don > > > > > > ~73 > > Don > > KD8NNU > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto: > > > Elecraft@.qth > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KAT500-tp7564943p7564945.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Rick Tavan N6XI Truckee, CA ______________________________________________________________ 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
