I've had the amp and tuner for more than two years so I know about their RF sensing. It works well when I'm changing bands with the intent of transmitting. However, as I said, that does not work when I am changing bands on the rig to listen to different bands or scanning different bands. If I am on 75M and want to check the conditions on 20M I can't simply select 20M or a 20M memory and listen. I have to transmit so the KT500 will select the correct antenna. If I'm not on a memorized frequency in a KAT500 "bin" it will start tuning, taking up even more time.
I'm looking for a solution that presets the KPA500 band, the KAT500 band, and the KAT500 antenna without transmitting. I believe an Elecraft transceiver connected to the KPA500 and KAT500 can do that. Ken WA2LBI On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 2:22 PM Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > All it takes to band switch both amp and tuner is a dit or a tap on the > mic. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On 6/18/2020 10:23 AM, Ken Winterling wrote: > > There is no provision at all to communicate with the KAT500 so it > > must RF sense to switch bands and select the correct antenna. While this > > works well when transmitting it is of no value when you are just > listening > > or scanning. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to wa2...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
