On Sep 13, 2012, at 01:41 , Ian Kahn - Ham <km4ik....@gmail.com> wrote:
> All, > > I am to the point of contemplating tuners to go with my FT-817 and > (probably) 20m half-wave OCF dipole antenna. Has anyone used the > Elecraft T1 QRP tuner? Can anyone speak intelligently to the (de)merits > of the device? It gets really great reviews on eHam, but I tend to be > overly cautious of eHam reviews. I'm interested in the opinions of > trusted sources before I plunk down the green for the kit. I've used the T1 with my 817 for over a year. It is reliable, easy to use and solid. I am selling my 817 and I want to include the T1 in the sale so it is an attractive offering to the new purchaser, but I have pangs of doubt over parting with the T1 Even though I really do not need it anymore, it was so useful that I'm sure at some point in the future I will regret selling it. I also had the FT817-to-T1 cable but because it uses the same port as the CAT (or was it the data port) control, I rarely attached it at my home QTH. In the field, it was awesome. There is a fairly trivial cable you can built to accommodate both the CAT and T1 cable - I just never got around to building it. As close to having a built-in tuner as you could want. The size of the T1 is simply amazing - and as an aside, I have yet to change the battery. 73 Alan K2ACK -- Alan Hawrylyshen - K2ACK CM86xx - Santa Cruz CA k 2 a c k a t a r r l d o t n e t k 2 a c k a t p o l y p h a s e d o t c a http://k2ack.polyphase.ca/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
