Re: [Elecraft] KX3 ATU Modes

2015-09-09 Thread KENT TRIMBLE
Not when the menu item does specified things. Manufactures spend enormous time and money to write manuals so operators know what those specific things are. Semantics implies words, and words imply reading. Neither imply ESP. The printed word is not dead. 73, Kent K9ZTV K3/KX3 s.n. 21 O

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 ATU Modes

2015-09-09 Thread Walter Underwood
It does automatically switch to a remembered tuning as so you as you change bands or tune to a new frequency. That seems at least “semi-auto”. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) On Sep 9, 2015, at 8:58 AM, w...@msn.com wrote: > Sorry, I misunderstood what AUTO meant.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 ATU Modes

2015-09-09 Thread w...@msn.com
Sorry, I misunderstood what AUTO meant. A better label would be ATU ON or ATU INLINE. AUTO implies that it will automatically do the tuning. Semantics :-) w...@msn.com wrote: My KX3 ATU is normally set to AUTO in the menu. Does this mean it will automatically tune without user action? If so, ho

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 ATU Modes

2015-09-09 Thread Don Wilhelm
Ron, It will not automatically tune without user action. Tap the ATU TUNE to initiate a tune. Once you have "trained" the antenna on each band segment, it will automatically recall those last used tuning solutions when you return to that band segment. The latter is the "automatic" action.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 ATU Modes

2015-09-09 Thread Wayne Burdick
On Sep 9, 2015, at 8:38 AM, "w...@msn.com" wrote: > My KX3 ATU is normally set to AUTO in the menu. > Does this mean it will automatically tune without user action? No. AUTO in the KX3 (or K3/K3S) means that the automatic antenna tuner is in-line rather than bypassed. To tune, tap ATU TUNE. T

[Elecraft] KX3 ATU Modes

2015-09-09 Thread w...@msn.com
My KX3 ATU is normally set to AUTO in the menu. Does this mean it will automatically tune without user action? If so, how do you set the SWR at which it begins the tuning process. I only have it in BYP when using the vertical antenna with the LDG RT100 remote tuner. Ron W7HD KX3 #6966 -- OMISS