KPA-1500 wish list

[Jim Brown-10]

The simple solution to this is to TX a dit before making the call. I've
done this for years when working with auto-detect equipment like the
KAT500, KPA500, and 87A. On SSB, the equivalent is to tap the mic.

73, Jim K9YC

On 11/20/2019 6:40 AM, N4ZR wrote:

>
> I'd love to have 50-ohm resonant antennas on every band.  Short of that,
> there does not appear to be any way around the ATU's need  to identify
> which antenna is selected by the external switch, before it can decide
> which stored setting to apply.  This takes a measurable amount of time,
> as much as one character of 30 WPM CW, and I'm told that until this
> process is completed, the amplifier is bypassed.  I've observed, for
> example, that when I pounce on a CQer significantly far away from the
> frequency of my last QSO, the "N" in my call becomes "E", or goes away
> entirely, as heard by the other station.

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[N4ZR]

Yup, but old habits die hard!

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/20/2019 2:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> The simple solution to this is to TX a dit before making the call.
> I've done this for years when working with auto-detect equipment like
> the KAT500, KPA500, and 87A. On SSB, the equivalent is to tap the mic.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 11/20/2019 6:40 AM, N4ZR wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd love to have 50-ohm resonant antennas on every band.  Short of
>> that, there does not appear to be any way around the ATU's need  to
>> identify which antenna is selected by the external switch, before it
>> can decide which stored setting to apply. This takes a measurable
>> amount of time, as much as one character of 30 WPM CW, and I'm told
>> that until this process is completed, the amplifier is bypassed. 
>> I've observed, for example, that when I pounce on a CQer
>> significantly far away from the frequency of my last QSO, the "N" in
>> my call becomes "E", or goes away entirely, as heard by the other
>> station.
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On 11/20/2019 8:06 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> Yup, but old habits die hard!

Old dogs like us have to continue learning new tricks. :)  You've done a
LOT of that helping to build and teach us all about RBN.

73, Jim K9YC

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