If there’s a button you push on the 450 to cause the internal tuner to go into a tuning cycle, it sounds like this would cause the KT-100 to do the same in the same way you use the internal one now. When tuning, be sure the CAR control is not rotated fully counterclockwise. This initializes the TS-450/690 to use an external antenna tuner, and disables the internal tuner. Use UP/DOWN to select “On†on the display. To do this, hold down the ENT key when turning on the radio, then turn the M.CH / VFO CH knob to select menu number 01 on the display. When using the KT-100 with the TS-450 or TS-690 radios, the radio will need to be configured to use an external tuner.
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According to the KT-100 manual which lists the TS-450 it notes: I am not familiar but I did look in the LDG KT-100 manual. I hope this helps someone that runs into the same or similar situation. Once initiated, the Tune button (just below Ant 2) should be used. You should now be able to press the KT100 button and it will enable the AT on the radio and initiate a tuning cycle. Press the Apply button on the bottom right of the Customize Layout window and you’ll be returned to the main HRD window with the ATU button replaced with a functioning KT100 button. When you then press OK, you’ll be returned to the Layout screen and above the Select button on the left side it will now say KT100 = CAT Commands: KT100 as shown here: Select CAT Commands: KT100 from the bottom of the dropdown list and then name the button KT100 as shown. Click the Select button and window will pop up that looks like: Under that is a Select button just under where it says Dropdown Button / CAT Command / Macro. Once the ATU button is selected, the left portion of the screen will show ATU in the Define Button section. If the Layout tab isn’t selected, select it so it looks like the below:Ĭlick the ATU button just to the right of the current displayed frequency and it should turn a darker color such as shown below: A window that looks like the following will open. Now click the Tools menu and select Customize Layout at the bottom of the long Tools menu. Once entered as the above shows, click the OK button and it will add it to your list of user defined CAT Commands, leaving you at a window that looks like: The CAT Command is A (Alpha) C (Charlie) followed by three number ones:
Fill in the title, command and a description. So click the New button and the following window opens. You probably have a window like mine showing no user defined CAT Commands yet.
You click on the Macros menu in HRD and select CAT Command Manager as pictured below:Ī new window opens that looks like the following: So the first step is to create a CAT Command which will be used in the second step. In the “on” state, it would be dark colored like the Ant 1 button under it is. As mentioned above, by default, the Antenna Tuner isn’t turned on each time the radio is powered on. The ATU button is the Antenna Tuner button which, in this hardware setup, will turn the Antenna Tuner off, but not on. In Ham Radio Deluxe, once connected to the radio, the default buttons (I think as I don’t remember customizing them) look like: I imagine this works for other external tuners connected to the TS-2000 and other Kenwood radios. So here are hopefully the steps with pictures that will help someone else.
I did some digging once I could reproduce the problem and found a post on the HRD forums at and outlined the steps for him in an email and it worked.
But since he doesn’t have a front-panel on his TS-B2000, there’s no button to push and the ATU button in HRD wasn’t turning the AT on, just off. I was always pressing the AT button on the front of the radio and then the Tune function in Ham Radio Deluxe worked. After a few emails and me finally being able to be at my radio, I was able to understand his predicament. I really didn’t understand the problem he was having as I thought everything was working great with my setup. Otherwise, it’s the same radio as my TS-2000. The Kenwood TS-B2000 is meant to be computer controlled. I have the Kenwood TS-2000 and this fellow had the Kenwood TS-B2000 which is the same radio but without any front panel display or controls. I emailed him since I have a very similar setup to what he was running. The only real difference is that when the TS-2000 is powered on and the KT-100 is attached, the Antenna Tuner defaults to off and needs to be enabled. At least with my TS-2000, using the KT-100 is no different then using the internal tuner. The KT-100 is LDG’s Kenwood specific antenna tuner made for Kenwood radios that support the AT-300 connection such as the Kenwood TS-2000, TS-480. There was an operator on one of the mailing lists that was having an issue getting his Kenwood radio to kick in the LDG KT-100 antenna tuner while using Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD).
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