I also think a tuner designed to be placed at the antenna feed
point is a good idea. Power over the coax to the station would
eliminate the need to lower the antenna to change batteries. For
a real Elecraft tuner, it would communicate over the coax with a
box in the station which would talk to Elecraft rigs and to
produce the functionality of a on-board tuner or the KAT500.
(A separate comm line would be OK, but I'm going for maximum elegance.)
Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
On 10/15/13 at 6:20 AM, [email protected] (Andrew Catanzaro) wrote:
I tried several years ago to convince Wayne of the utility of
offering a remote antenna tuner with the Elecraft name on it.
The T1 doesn't quite fill the bill. Something that's weather
resistant and that will run on internal batteries. 150 watt
capability with SWR's as high as 10:1. Option of coax or
single post voltage output, similar to the Icom AH-4.
Autosense high SWR's and tune functions. I'd buy one in a
minute as I enjoy Elecraft's quality and creative products.
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