Thanks for the suggestion
Sorry for the delay the wife and I went out. The only way I can get it all to
work properly is to:- Remove AC power from the AMP (simply turning it off dowes
not work) - On the radio (icom 7600) select the band (ensure auto tuner on
Radio is off) - On Radio select AM and depress PTT - While holding PTT, hit the
tune button on the KAT500 - Let if get to 1.2 and stop - Let go PTT and select
SSB on Radio- Plug in AC power to KPA and power on - On KPA select the proper
band- On the KPA select operate from Standby
All works until I change bands then it is start from the top Cleared all memory
Wish Elecraft was open on Monday.
ThanksKen
From: Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com>
To: "backhoe...@yahoo.com" <backhoe...@yahoo.com>; "elecraft@mailman.qth.net"
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500/KPA500 with Icom 7600 accessory cable
Ken,
If that Send cable is the only one you have connected between your Icom
and the KAT500, you need to feed a bit of RF to initiate a TUNE
The KAT500 will first look for a saved L/C combination for that antenna
and frequency and will switch to that rather than doing a TUNE.
Secondly, it will compute the SWR and if it is below 1.5, it will go
into bypass - no tuning is necessary.
Is it possible that either one of those conditions exist?
73,
Don W3FPR
On 12/30/2018 6:12 AM, Ken B wrote:
> Yes from the 7600 accessory 1 pin 3 to the kat500
>
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> On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Don Wilhelm
> <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Do you have the cable wired first to the KAT500 and then on to the
> KPA500?
> The KAT500 must interrupt the keying of the KPA500 when it needs
> to tune.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 12/29/2018 10:13 PM, Ken B wrote:
> > Thank you Don.
> > The pin 3 (send) did the trick perfectly. Now it works at 300 to
> 400
> > watts out with 20 in. The problem i have now is when i switch bands
> > the kat will not tune unless i remove all AC power from the amp.
> >
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> >
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> >
> > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Don Wilhelm
> > <donw...@embarqmail.com <mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com>> wrote:
> > Ken,
> >
> > Look at your Icom 7600 documentation. I believe the
> 'keyword' may be
> > "Send" or Keyout or something of that nature (PTT should be an
> > input to
> > the transceiver, not an output, but some manufacturers mix
> them up
> > causing confusion - check the documentation).
> > Connect that output from your transceiver first to the KAT500
> AMP KEY
> > connector and from the other KAT500 AMP KEY connector to the
> KPA500.
> > That allows the KAT500 to disable the amplifier keying if the
> KAT500
> > needs to tune.
> >
> > You should then be "good to go" with the basic cabling. When
> you get
> > the proper cable, it will integrate better with your Icom,
> but the
> > basic
> > cabling will get you on the air with your new toys.
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 12/27/2018 11:14 PM, Ken B via Elecraft wrote:
> > > Just received my the kap500 and found out it was missing the
> > accessory cable which goes from the icom 7600 to the kat500.
> > Elecraft is sending one but it might take a week. In the mean
> time
> > does anyone have the accessory pin outs to rca plug so i can make
> > one and use my new toy.
> > > Thank youKenKc1icn
> >
>
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