KAT-500 brain trust question

So apparently there is a way to automatically bypass the tuner on some
bands but unfortunately the lighted switch does not indicate this. Many
people have monoband beams (or a SteppIR) with a near perfect match on
10-20m and may only need the tuner for a couple of bands. I would also
like to have N6WM's feature request. I wonder how the KPA-1500's tuner
handles this?

John KK9A



Chris Tate - N6WM ctate at ewnetinc.com
Sun Jul 30 18:39:54 EDT 2017

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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[Chris Tate - N6WM]

John,

About 2 hours after I posted this on the reflector (on a Sunday no less), I was contacted by the firmware engineer agreeing with the need for this feature. This is also the engineer working on the KPA1500 that will have said bypass feature with even more granular focus than just the band, and it was his hope to roll some of those feature enhancements into the KAT500 downstream after completion of the KPA1500 code.

This is remarkable customer support and a real testament to the culture at Elecraft that as we all have come to know is best in class.

In the interim we have a temporary fix that works and something to look forward to in the future.

Chris
N6WM
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So apparently there is a way to automatically bypass the tuner on some
bands but unfortunately the lighted switch does not indicate this. Many
people have monoband beams (or a SteppIR) with a near perfect match on
10-20m and may only need the tuner for a couple of bands. I would also
like to have N6WM's feature request. I wonder how the KPA-1500's tuner
handles this?

John KK9A



Chris Tate - N6WM ctate at ewnetinc.com
Sun Jul 30 18:39:54 EDT 2017

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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