[Elecraft] Tuner issues

2013-11-07 Thread William Levy
One thing that stumped me and cause me all kinds of grief was what button I was pushing. Reminder to those who may not know. The Internal K3 tuner runs when you press ATU TUNE The external KAT500 tunes when you push and hold the XMT button. If you tune internally the external KAT will show all

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner issues

2013-11-07 Thread Arie Kleingeld PA3A
William, I know exactly what you mean. It would be a nice feature that when I press the tune button on the KAT500, it would key the K3 at the same time and put theKPA500 in standby (if you have one). Elecraft shines in clever layed out equipment and firmware. This would be a logical

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner issues

2013-11-07 Thread George Danner
Wonderful idea Arnie; especially if you want the 2nd tune. 73 George AI4VZ -- From: Arie Kleingeld PA3A p...@xs4all.nl It would be a nice feature that when I press the tune button on the KAT500, it would key the K3 at the same time and put

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner issues

2013-11-07 Thread John Reilly
I have a slightly different idea about how I would like it setup: I would like the K3 to be configured for either the Internal or External tuner (or none). When you press the ATU Tune button on the K3, it tunes whichever one it is configured for (and puts the KPA 500 in bypass). - 73, John,

Re: [Elecraft] Tuner issues

2013-11-07 Thread Arie Kleingeld PA3A
John, That sounds equally good. Let's hope somebody at Elecraft picks this up. It will smoothen the operation of the K3-line still more. BTW, I had the K3-KPA500 combo with me on the TN2MS DXpedition in October. Without the KAT500 ( not need for it there). That was smooth operation from