[Elecraft] KAT-500 Increasingly Erratic

"The KPA-500 is a pleasure to operate but the KAT500 has been increasingly erratic to the point where it no longer tunes 7Mhz, even connected to a cantenna. The other bands are erratic and sometimes it is several tries." I assume you are saying that a manually initiated autotune attempt fails.

Re: [Elecraft] KAT-500 Increasingly Erratic

Check for dry joints on the wiring to all of the antenna connectors. 73, Alan. G4GNX -- Original Message -- From: davein...@comcast.net To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: 07/04/2021 23:41:44 Subject: [Elecraft] KAT-500 Increasingly Erratic I Have a KAT500/KPA 500 co

[Elecraft] KAT-500 Increasingly Erratic

I Have a KAT500/KPA 500 combo that I built as kits two yrs ago. The KPA-500 is a pleasure to operate but the KAT500 has been increasingly erratic to the point where it no longer tunes 7Mhz, even connected to a cantenna. The other bands are erratic and sometimes it is several tries. Powering dow