Dick, Joe, Andy, It's been over a week since I followed your recommendations and the KAT500 is no longer jumping to different tuning solutions nor entering tune mode on VARA transmissions. Thank you all for your knowledge and advice.
73 Jim KY2D -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Andy Durbin Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10:43 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] KAT500 and VARA The KAT500 used to have two annoying behaviors associated with RF count frequency: 1. Tune could be initiated in the current "bin". This is prevented by operating in MAN mode. 2. The tuner could jump to an adjacent bin and select a different tuning solution. This cannot be prevented by operating in MAN mode. For a long time Elecraft insisted that RF count would always take priority over any other frequency. That has changed. Give the KAT500 a stable transceiver TX frequency using AUX bus or RS-232. Then disable RF count using FDT as described earlier by Dick, K6KR. All retune and bin jumping will be eliminated. Note the requirement to give the KAT500 the TX frequency. If the KAT500 is given rig dial frequency it may still jump to a different bin when TX starts if operating split. 73, Andy, k3wyc ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
