KAT500

[W4GRJ]

Is there anyway to set antenna selection to bypass when selected?
i have a dipole on ant one where I use the kat500
on ant two I have a random wire on outdoor tuner, I would like kat500 to always bypass when ant two is selected.

tnx
Jack
W4GRJ
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Sure. Just select bypass for the antenna on the front panel. When you QSY to that band, the setting will take affect and the ATU will be in bypass mode.
I do this with my tribander, which does not need the ATU, just the switch.

73!
Jack, W6FB

> On Jan 17, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Jack W4GRJ <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Is there anyway to set antenna selection to bypass when selected?
> i have a dipole on ant one where I use the kat500
> on ant two I have a random wire on outdoor tuner, I would like kat500 to always bypass when ant two is selected.
>
> tnx
> Jack
> W4GRJ
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[Jim Brown-10]

On 1/17/2021 12:53 PM, Jack W4GRJ wrote:
> Is there anyway to set antenna selection to bypass when selected?
> i have a dipole on ant one where I use the kat500
> on ant two I have a random wire on outdoor tuner, I would like kat500 to always bypass when ant two is selected.

Yes. It's easy from the KAT500 Utility. Might require a bit of RTFM

73, Jim K9YC
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