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Chris Tate - N6WM

KAT-500 brain trust question

Is there a way to put the KAT500 in bypass when on certain bands? Use case is SteppIR on AN1 and auto tracking, and HQ antenna on ANT2 that requires tune adjustment and memories. KAT500 is getting band/QRG telemetry via cat from radio.

Thanks in advance..

Chris
N6WM
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Don Wilhelm

Re: KAT-500 brain trust question

Chris,

Yes, see page 17 of the KAT500 manual. Easier for you to read it than
for me to try to explain all of it.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/30/2017 4:01 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM wrote:
> Is there a way to put the KAT500 in bypass when on certain bands? Use case is SteppIR on AN1 and auto tracking, and HQ antenna on ANT2 that requires tune adjustment and memories. KAT500 is getting band/QRG telemetry via cat from radio.
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Chris Tate - N6WM

Re: KAT-500 brain trust question

Thanks Don I will take a look

Thanks
~C.

> On Jul 30, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Chris,
>
> Yes, see page 17 of the KAT500 manual. Easier for you to read it than for me to try to explain all of it.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>> On 7/30/2017 4:01 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM wrote:
>> Is there a way to put the KAT500 in bypass when on certain bands? Use case is SteppIR on AN1 and auto tracking, and HQ antenna on ANT2 that requires tune adjustment and memories. KAT500 is getting band/QRG telemetry via cat from radio.

Chris Tate - N6WM

Re: KAT-500 brain trust question

Don thanks for this, indeed this is the current solution. Although it is rather obscure as far as indicators on the front panel.

I would like to convert this to a feature request, as It would be nice if the firmware supported, and there was another matrix in the KAT500 Utility that would permit a hard bypass with indicator on a per band basis. Gives that warm fuzzy its doing exactly what you want..

E.g. qsy to 20m.. bypass light comes on..

Chris
N6WM

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Thanks Don I will take a look

Thanks
~C.

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Don Wilhelm

Re: KAT-500 brain trust question

Chris,

There is an alternative that I have suggested many times for the KAT100
(and KAT2) that should work with the KAT500 as well.
Tune the ATU into a dummy load for those bands and antennas you want to
use with the SteppIR, and then connect the real antenna. Make certain
the KAT500 is set to MAN so it does not auto-tune.
It may or may not be a true bypass, the the ATU L/C combinations should
be set to work into a 50 ohm load. Then when you tune the SteppIR, it
should be matched after its tuning process completes.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/30/2017 6:39 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM wrote:

> Don thanks for this, indeed this is the current solution. Although it is rather obscure as far as indicators on the front panel.
>
> I would like to convert this to a feature request, as It would be nice if the firmware supported, and there was another matrix in the KAT500 Utility that would permit a hard bypass with indicator on a per band basis. Gives that warm fuzzy its doing exactly what you want..
>
> E.g. qsy to 20m.. bypass light comes on..
>
> Chris
> N6WM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Chris Tate - N6WM
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 1:31 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT-500 brain trust question
>
> Thanks Don I will take a look
>
> Thanks
> ~C.
>
>> On Jul 30, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Yes, see page 17 of the KAT500 manual. Easier for you to read it than for me to try to explain all of it.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>>> On 7/30/2017 4:01 PM, Chris Tate - N6WM wrote:
>>> Is there a way to put the KAT500 in bypass when on certain bands? Use case is SteppIR on AN1 and auto tracking, and HQ antenna on ANT2 that requires tune adjustment and memories. KAT500 is getting band/QRG telemetry via cat from radio.
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