You don't need to manually choose an antenna on startup. It remembers what was last used on each band (assuming you are using an Elecraft or Kenwood rig with it). I think it will still remember the last used even in a dumb situation without knowledge from the radio; it just needs the radio support to have "per-band" memory. I could be wrong. I know it remembers fine with my K3.
On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:11 AM Ted Edwards W3TB <w3tb....@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting idea. > I have two antennas, so I could connect my ground to #1 and antennas to #2 > and #3? > Just manually choose an antenna on start-up. Hm-m-m-m-m. > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:54 AM David Ferrington, M0XDF < > m0...@alphadene.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thanks Greg - guess I should learn to count! >> 73 de David, M0XDF >> >> If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so >> wonderful after all. -Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, >> architect, and poet (1475-1564) >> >> > On 30 Sep 2021, at 15:46, Greg Mitchell <kb1...@arrl.net> wrote: >> > >> > It has 3 antenna connections, not 4. It grounds the unused ones and >> selects antenna 1 on power-off. I put my dummy-load on antenna 1 so my >> station is disconnected from the antennas when powered down. >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:40 AM David Ferrington, M0XDF < >> m0...@alphadene.co.uk <mailto:m0...@alphadene.co.uk>> wrote: >> > Sorry if this is obvious, but I haven’t bought a KAT500 yet (to go with >> the KPA500 I managed to pick up from a fellow ham). I’m aware there are 4 >> selectable antenna connectors. Does it ground or earth the ones not >> currently selected? >> > >> > 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) >> > >> > For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight >> hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. >> > -Doug Larson >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________ >> > Elecraft mailing list >> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft < >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> >> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm < >> http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> >> > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net <mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >> > >> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> >> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html < >> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> >> > Message delivered to kb1...@arrl.net <mailto:kb1...@arrl.net> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 w3tb....@gmail.com > > > > -- > 73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW > > and thinking about operating CW: > "Do today what others won't, > so you can do tomorrow what others can't." > ______________________________________________________________ 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