We're just making sure performance is as good as possible. (The stakes are even higher in a QRO tuner.)
The most recent prototype worked great, in general, but on 6 meters we felt the loss was a fraction of a dB too high. The PCB layout has been changed to cut the RF path length and strays by a factor of two, which should do the trick. We'll receive these boards in a week or so and should have test results a week after that. This suggests that we could have some field test units out in mid/late-March. 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 24, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Bill Hammond wrote: > > Hi Ian, > Many of us are in that boat. I don't believe the KTA500 is > vaperware. I'm just cooling my heals for the reason you cited, > unreliable products from the competition. I want good products and > great support from people that care about their customers. That is > worth the wait, even if it is until the end of the year. Heck the > K3 tuner will load a hairpin, I would expect the KTA500 will as > well. If I just couldn't wait any longer ,I think I would find a > manual tuner to hold me over (one that had a good resale value). :) > 73, > Bill > AK5X > > > > > On Feb 24, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Ian Kahn wrote: > >> All, >> >> I find myself finally admitting that I need an antenna tuner that >> supports >> high power. I run a K3/P3 combo with an Ameritron AL-811H amp. >> Since we >> are still waiting on word about pricing and release date for the >> KAT500, I >> find myself looking at other alternatives for a 1 - 1.5 KW auto >> tuner. >> What are others using? Several people I know have had issues with >> the LDG >> AT-1000PRO, so I probably want to stay away from that one. >> >> Thanks in advance for the advice. >> >> 73, >> >> -- Ian >> Ian Kahn, KM4IK >> Roswell, GA EM74ua >> [email protected] >> K3 #281, P3 #688 >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > Bill Hammond > [email protected] > Bill Hammond-AK5X > [email protected] > [email protected] > K3 #69 > P3 #817 > KPA500 # 149 > K2/100 #4637 > K1 #2033 > KX1 #1023 > T1 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
