On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 05:57 PM, Barry wrote:
All of these issues you stated that the LA1K cannot do is incorrect. I am doing the same thing here with my LA1K as you are with your new Elecraft.
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Only difference is im using a 6m monobander on Ant 2 and not a 15m monobander. A simple serial cable is all I needed for auto band switching with my LA1K.
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So your remarks of the LA1K not allowing its owners to do the same is untrue.
Barry,
You are
not doing the
same thing there with your LA-1K as I am with my new Elecraft.?
Same thing = using a 15M monobander on Ant 2.? Using a 6M monobander on Ant 2 is okay with the LA-1K since 6M is a band-select choice all by itself.? Your LA-1K won't allow you to use a 15M monobander on Ant 2 and a 20M monobander on Ant 1, the way I can with my Elecraft KPA1500.? Bottom line: If you are still of the same opinion "So your remarks of the LA1K not allowing its owners to do the same is untrue." then you are reinventing the truth, my friend.
Btw, I had a telephone conversation with Mark Ward (Palstar technician) on
their inferior design implementation in grouping 20M-15M as one band-select choice, shortly after I received my LA-1K.? Mr. Ward thought at the time surely the LA-1K would allow a 20M monobander on Ant 1 and a 15M monobander on Ant 2, if I wasn't using RF sensing.? So Mark tried doing it
without RF sensing and was
unsuccessful in making the LA-1K to permit a 20M monobander on Ant 1 and a 15M monobander on Ant 2.? Case closed!
In terms of you saying "
A simple serial cable is all I needed for auto band switching with my LA1K."? So, is your LA-1K also acquiring in real time the exact VFO frequency in the selected band of your transceiver,
without ever transmitting?? I don't think so, Barry.
In terms of you saying "
Sounds to me your upset and decided to slam the LA1k build and sales pitch your KPA1500 and paid a lot more for it than the LA1K."? Please take time to go over my 5-Apr-2023 post /g/la1k/message/1182 in which I pointed out the KPA1500 is a bargain comparing with the USD $3,695.95 LA-1K (just 1kW) and the USD $1,695.00 HF-AUTO combined; totaling USD $5,390.95.
So truth be told!73,
Ray
KJ5MI
