I have had similar experience with a MFJ-927. I spent a lot of email time and phone time with MFJ and finally came to the conclusion that they had hired a programmer that was not a ham and had a poor grasp of the normal requirements for hams and transceivers and thought that an SWR of 2.5 or 3.0 to 1 was perfectly all right. This does not meet their spec, but all they were willing to do for me was send me another unit with the same algorithm. After the third one, I tired of the experience and bought a TS-480 which I should have done in the first place. Why not another K3? No mobile mount and no split architecture and the TS-440 that I was using was just too big for the mobile. The MFJ-927 seemed to be OK if I manually initiated the tuning, but that was pretty awkward. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ
________________________________ From: iain macdonnell - N6ML <[email protected]> To: K2GN <[email protected]> Cc: Elecraft - K3 <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 1:50:40 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Interface question. I have an MFJ-998. I wish I'd known better when I bought it - I wouldn't buy another (for various reasons). I never found a good way to integrate it with the K3... so the tune-up procedure involves using the K3's "TUNE" function to produce a low-power signal (CONFIG:TUNE PWR) and then invoking the "TUNE" function on the MFJ (it's configured in "Semi-Automatic" mode). When the MFJ finds a match (or doesn't), I tap "XMIT" on the K3 to end the "TUNE". There is a fully-automatic mode, where the MFJ will initiate tuning when it detects SWR above a configured threshold, but I had bad experiences with that in the past. If the K3 had a way to feed a signal into the ACC connector to trigger the TUNE function, the MFJ could utilise that. The suggestion has been made a few times, but it's probably not a high enough priority on "Wayne's list". Aside from the KAT-500, it appears (from their website) that PalStar are working on a new remote-able autotuner rated for 2500W. I'm sure it'll cost a lot more than the MFJ, but... you know what they say ;) 73, ~iain / N6ML On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM, K2GN <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm in the process of redesigning my station, inside and out. > > I'm going to need a tuner between the Antennas and the AMP. > > So, as good as the ATU in the K3 is, it won't help me. > > I'm looking at the MFJ-998 Auto tuner. > > There's no mention of Elecraft in the Manual for it, but I sure someone has > this combo in use. > > To get to the point, anyone know if the Kenwood cable for the MFJ-998 works > with the K3? > > Or what modification must be made to make it work? > > Wish the ATU-500 was coming soon. > > de K2GN - Larry > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
