It is also engaged/bypassed per band per antenna according to the remembered setting on that band/antenna combination. 73, Guy.
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > "Automatic" is a word with lots of meanings. When it is in "AUTO" and > you tap ATU TUNE, it will "automatically" find a match using the power > you have set in CONFIG:TUN PWR. Mine is set to 5W. It then "remembers" > the L/C settings for that band segment for the ANT selection you are > using [1 or 2]. The next time you are in that band segment using that > ANT selection, it recalls the settings the first time you transmit [PTT > or KEY]. > > The band segment sizes depend on the band. I believe they are: > > 160: 10 KHz > 80-12: 20 KHz > 10: 100 KHz > 6: 200 KHz > > You can just let the memorized settings accrue as you operate normally, > or you can methodically go through the bands and set them all. I did > the latter, tuning to the middle of each segment with the antenna I > normally use, and tapping ATU TUNE. Seems to work really good. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 > - www.cqp.org > > On 5/23/2011 4:45 PM, Bill Swindell - K1LED wrote: >> I have a K3/100 with the internal antenna tuner. The config is set to AUTO >> but it seems that I still have to press the ATU tune button to get the ATU >> to properly tune when I change bands. Is it supposed to be automatic or not? > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
