You need RF to cause the amp&ATU to know what band and freq you are using. Keying then mic on SSB won’t generate RF until you speak. CW, AM, FM or RTTY will generate RF when keying the mic (or tap the paddles in CW) and will generate the RF to tickle the Amp and ATU.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 12, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Russell Domareck via Elecraft > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > I own a KAT500 and KPA500 that I use with an IC 7300. When in CW mode, the > KAT500 can be activated by keying the IC 7300, no problem. This allows the > KAT500 to find a match with low power while the KPA500 is in standby mode. > In SSB mode, there is still the need to activate the KAT500 for the match, > however, neither keying the mike nor speaking into the mike activates the > KAT500. A press of the transmit button in the IC 7300 also did not activate > the KAT500. I find that I have to first switch to CW mode for the activation > before switching to SSB so that the KAT500 is all set for KPA500 operation. > Is what I am doing the only way to do this? I have read related posts on > this subject but they did not satisfactorily answer my question. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@widomaker.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
