Tom Yes, the 5000 does CAT commands but the MFJ tuners do not. They only interface with the Kewood antenna tuner connector which is seperate from the CAT connector. I do not have one but from the other e-mails, it sounds like the Palstar understands Kenwood CAT.
Jim K5HY > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:55:03 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] MFJ external automatic antenna tuners > > > > Jim R wrote: > >> Tom >> Yes, I have the 998 and also the smaller 993B. They both work similarly. You >> can put them in the continuously armed mode so in the presence of RF, it >> always tunes, or you can manually arm it in which case tune must be manually >> activated and deactivated on the 5000. Currently, there is no way to >> interface it to deactivate the tune function when minimum SWR is achieved >> with the 5000 as it will with Icom, Yaesu and Kenwoods. > > > Interesting. I don't have one (yet) but had been told the 5000a would > emulate the Kenwood > > >> For me, the autotune mode is annoying since the tuner seems to needlessly >> activate tuning cycles while you are using SSB phone so I stick to the >> manual arming mode. I purchased the 998 when I purchased my Tokyo HY-Power >> 1KW amp. The keying line passes through the 998 then to the amp. The 998 >> disables amp keying when the SWR is outside preset limits. >> I have a big problem using this amp with the 5000 because the 5000 does not >> have an ALC output and the amp protection circuits are very fast acting, I >> cannot drive the amp very hard, because the peaks keep tripping the amp >> overdrive protection. I can minimize this with careful mic gain, compression >> and companding settings, but absence of ALC on the 5000, is a glaring >> omission in my opinion. >> >> Do any of the gurus know if ALC will ever be implemented possible via a >> future flexwire device? >> >> Jim >> K5HY >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:14:49 -0500 >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Flexradio] MFJ external automatic antenna tuners >>> >>> Is there anyone here with experience with the Flex 5000a and the MFJ >>> "Full Legal Limit" tuner - MFJ-998 ? >>> >>> Or one of the similar products that handles a little less than full >>> "legal limit" power? >>> >>> http://www.mfjenterprises.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 >>> >>> >>> > > -- > > > Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225 > N5GAR. ARRL SM - NTX. http://www.arrl.net/sections/NTX.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
