Andy, I kept the KAT500 in auto tune mode & I think I solved the problem...1) a loose plug in the back of the KAT500 & 2) probably snow or frozen participation on the antenna connection. Not sure what finally solved it, but all seems to be well During the contest so far.
Tnx , Irwin KD3TB On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 7:24 PM Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com> wrote: > "When I have the Tuner in By-Pass Mode for an antenna with a low SWR, even > when making small changes in the frequency, the Tune switches to MAN > (Manual Mode) and the MAN light is flashing. How do I get it to stay in > By-Pass Mode." > > One reason for flashing MAN is that KAT500 has entered auto tune mode and > is waiting for sufficient power to start the solution search. I don't know > if this is the reason in your case. Do you have the ability to log the > commands your Flex is sending to KAT500? Is it possible your Flex > commanded autotune (FT;)? > > I never run my KAT500 in BYP mode after I found defects in the antenna > selection logic when BYP mode is active. I always run in MAN mode and MAN > mode with bypass active is electrically identical to BYP mode as far as the > tuning solution is concerned. > > Andy, k3wyc > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 idar...@gmail.com > -- Irwin KD3TB ______________________________________________________________ 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
