Hey Butch!
Great! That's what I am going to try next. BTW, did you use the ACL RCA
line-in on the back of the 1306? What is this all about, and "ACL" in
general (I know it means "Automatic Level Control"; but what does it do)?
The cable I bought has the 7 pin DIN at one end, and two RCA male jacks at
the other end. One of these RCAs goes to the tuner "amp enable in", and I
believe the other RCA goes to the 1306's ACL line-in.
73,
Richard KK6MRH
-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: Ameritron ALS-1306 Not Going into Bypass Mode During Tuning
I did not use the serial port. I had a cable that plugged into the kenwood
and had an rca on the other end. This went to input on the tuner. A male
male cable went from output of tuner to keying line on the amp.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Richard B. McDonald wrote:
> Hi Butch!
>
> What you have said is in fact helpful. Simply that it did work for
> you tells me that I have things not exactly right in my set up;
> assuming there are no malfunctioning parts, of course. Please let me
> confirm something about what you said: am I correct that you did not
> use the 1306's serial
> (DB9) port? That is, your keying relay went radio > tuner > amp?
>
> 73,
> Richard KK6MRH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 5:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ameritron ALS-1306 Not Going into Bypass Mode During
> Tuning
>
> Afraid I can't be of much help as I never used the serial port. The
> tuner does not put the amp in stand by mode, it just doesn't let the
> keying line go through if that makes sense. If it is keying the amp
> no matter what, got to be shorted relay contacts or something. It did
> work on mine like it was supposed to. When the tuner went into tune
> mode, even though the radio grounded the keying line to the amp, it
> was not passed through the tuner. I never worried about the tuner
> following the radio, I just hit the tune button. Sorry, I don't know
anything else to suggest.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, Richard B. McDonald wrote:
>
>> Hi Butch!
>>
>> Yes, Steve is right about me having two issues with my
>> TS-2000/MFJ-998/ALS-1306 setup. The issue I am grappling with here
>> relates to the 1306 not going into "bypass" during tuning. I would
>> really appreciate any help you might have on resolving this issue.
>> Below is a little more information pertaining to this issue.
>>
>> Both the 998 and the 1306 are interfaced with the TS-2000 with their
>> respective interface cables. Additionally, I have run both of the
>> RCA "amp enable in/out" lines between the 998 and the 1306. However,
>> when I press "Tune" [AT on the TS-2000] the 998 properly drops the
>> TS-2000 into tuning mode but does not put the 1306 into bypass during
>> the tuning cycle; as it should. The result of this is that a ~5W CW
>> signal coming from the TS-2000 goes to the 1306 resulting in a ~70W
>> signal going to the 998; which causes the 998 to squawk "QRP" (too
>> much power) and abort the tuning cycle leaving a high SWR; which high
>> SWR is now seen by the 1306 resulting in the 1306 crapping out due to
>> a
> high SWR "error condition."
>>
>> Incidentally, it does not matter whether the "key loop switch" on the
>> 1306 is either "on" (meaning use the 998 RCA amp enable in/out lines)
>> or
> "off"
>> (meaning use the 1306's interface cable with the TS-2000); the 1306
>> does not go into bypass during the tuning cycle.
>>
>> BTW, the separate issue about the serial port relates to automatic
>> band following by the 1306. There, the 1306 interface cable is
>> hooked up to the TS-2000's COM port )not the 998's); and as such the
>> 1306 does work flawlessly following the TS-2000's band. My problem
>> is that I want to also connect my PC to this one TS-2000 COM port. I
>> am separately working on a solution to this issue, but for now it is
>> only one
> connection at a time:
>> either the PC or the 1306.
>>
>> 73,
>> Richard KK6MRH
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 9:25 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Ameritron ALS-1306 Not Going into Bypass Mode During
>> Tuning
>>
>> I don't know why he needs the serial port hooked up on the tuner, if
>> I read that right. Sounds like a stuck relay contact, in tune mode,
>> there should be no contact between those phono jacks. It is a nice
>> tuner, just not big enough for my alpha 9500.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Steve Forst
>> wrote:
>>
>>> He is having multiple problems: Amp won't auto band switch, and the
>>> tuner won't open the relay to break the keying line during a tune.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>> On 1/19/2016 11:34 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:
>>>> I had one of those that had problems with Kenwood radios. They
>>>> tried firmware upgrades and even sent me a chip, finally had to
>>>> change or remove a rresister, would have to find my notes on that.
>>>> Had to do with a wrong logic level. Once the resister was changed,
>>>> worked fine. I haven't been paying a lot of attention, wht problem
>>>> is he having. I still have mine but don't use it. Been kicking
>>>> around selling it, but I never seem to get rid of ham stuff, just
> accumulate...
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch
>>>> WA0VJR
>>>> Node 3148
>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 17 Jan
>>>> 2016, Steve Forst wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>> Another thought on your issue. There have been firmware updates to
> the
>>>>> tuner over the years. Since it is a used tuner, perhaps it needs a
>>>>> firmware update? I think the firmware version shows up on the power
>>>>> up message on the tuner's display.. The latest version is on the MFJ
>>>>> site. I've never done it, but firmware is installed via the 9 pin
>>>>> serial connection on the rear of the tuner.
>>>>>
>>>>> What brought this to mind is a faint memory of some Kenwood users
>>>>> having some sort of problem with this tuner years ago. I really
> don't
>>>>> remember what the problem was, but some were resolved with
>>>>> firmware, and some had to go in to the shop for some chip
replacement.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just another thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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