Excellent. thank you. I’ve been advised that I should download the kat500 utility and look in the help files for more details since, as you point out, without a KAT500 the software will limit my ability to comb through the features. Thanks all!
73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos From: Rick Tavan <r...@tavan.com> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2023 7:57 PM To: W2HX <w...@w2hx.com> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500? Most of what you ask is performed by KAT500 Utility, not KAT500 Remote. Both are free downloads but most of what you're interested in seeing is accessible only when actually connected to a KAT500. Only one of those programs can connect at a time, via a COM port. KAT500 Utility is a local program. I run it on a shack computer at the remote site and access it remotely via a remote desktop program. KAT500 Remote can operate either locally or client/server. I run it C/S with the server side on that same shack computer. See specific answers below; all the answers are Yes: On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 2:21 PM W2HX <w...@w2hx.com<mailto:w...@w2hx.com>> wrote: Hello there. I am not currently an owner of any elecraft product, but I am seriously considering a KAT500 for use with older analog radios. I hope this is the right place to ask because the elecraft website page for subscribing to this list (https://elecraft.com/pages/community) only mentions "KX1/K1/K2/K3/KX3/P3/KPA500" but here goes. I am interested in the native capabilities of the remote control software I looked on the elecraft website and only found this manual which only covers installation of the software: https://ftp.elecraft.com/KAT500/Remote%20Software/KAT500-Remote.pdf But I am interested in what screens are behind the buttons such as Power, Tune, Antenna, Mode, et. Al. But I cannot find any documentation beyond this installation manual. Does it exist? Or does someone know of a youtube video I can watch that goes through this program? I understand that many folks are using node-red for control of the KAT, but right now I'm looking to see the functions of basic application. Generally, I am wondering if the software supports: 1. Setting the SWR threshold -- below which, the tuner will consider a tuning solution to be "done" Yes - See Configuration tab, SWR Thresholds 2. Once the tuning solution is found, the manual changing the L's and C's to fine tune the match as much as possible and then store to memory Yes - See Operate tab, Capacitance and Inductance adjusters. 3. Settings for which antenna should be used for which bands Yes - See Configuration tab, Antennas 4. Can an antenna be set for use with multiple bands (like OCF dipole)? Or only one band per antenna? Yes, any antenna port can be assigned to any bands 160-6 via individual check boxes or All. See Configuration tab, Antennas. 73, /Rick N6XI Thanks very much! 73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com<mailto:rta...@gmail.com> -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
