Just finished installing the antenna tuner kit (KAT3) in my K3 #888. The hardware disassembly and re-assembly instructions are, as usual, crystal-clear, and that went off without a hitch.
However, when it came to actually bringing the KAT3 up and getting it running, the supplied instructions just say "refer to the K3 Manual."
The problem with that is, the K3 Manual assumes that the antenna tuner unit is either installed and running, or not installed -- and while most of the data needed for bringing up the newly added KAT3 is all in there if you hunt for it, it is in several different places throughout the book. And completely missing was the little tidbit that you have to power down the K3 and then power it back up to get the new KAT3 configuration settings to "take" -- to recognize that the KAT3 is now in there and enabled. Prior to doing this, I just kept getting this "NO ATU" message. (Not too hard -- only took me about 20 minutes to figure out to try recycling power. High "duh factor" there. LOL)
I think the configuration and start-up procedures should be added to the KAT3 kit instructions, so everything is all in one place, part of the overall documentation set for the add-on tuner kit.
Bill W5WVO
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