Rick, I use my new KX3 with a 200 watt SGC 230 tuner. The tuner is remotely mounted at the base of my 176 foot inverted "L" antenna. The tuner is 140 feet of underground co-ax from my shack. The tuner requires 3 watts to get a tune, but, under some conditions of mis match, that takes as much as 10 watts to get the 3 watts at the tuner. Once tuned, I can lock the tuner and use it at QRP levels. It seems to work well, but I have only used it on a few bands so far. I am ordering the built in tuner for portable operations. One of the things I like about my KX3 is its self contained nature. That is also why I have ordered the paddles. And, I have the internal NiMH cells and charger. All that's necessary to set up is to attach some kind of antenna, and I will be good to go.
73, Rick Dettinger K7MW On Feb 7, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Rick Robinson wrote: > I am thinking of ordering the KX3 tonight. I will most likely order it with > all accys. I have looked through the manual and some archives and would > like to verify one thing and ask about another. > First is the built in ATU. It looks like it can be set to bypass even if > the atu is instaled. Am I correct in this assumption ? The other is ...has > anyone used the KX3 with a coupler such as the SGC > models. I really enjoy using the SGC as my antennas at home are limited and > for portable use it makes for a easy setup. Thanks in advance...W8ZT > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
