The SGC 230 is well regarded but has serious power limitations. It is rated at 200 W PEP and only 80 W continuous (RTTY). The K3 alone can exceed these power limits on RTTY. And furthermore it is inadequate for use with the KPA500.
The MFJ-998RT claims to handle the power but the reviews on eHam are much less than glowing. So it seems that a remote tuner the quality of the KAT500 (possibly based on it) would fill a need not currently being met. I have severe space limitations so low band dipole and verticals with radials are not an option. I really need a decent remote tuner If Elecraft ever markets such an item you will find me near the front of the line David K0LUM On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > While an Elecraft product would have appeal, the SGC230 fits that bill > without batteries and has a long history of reliable operation in very > severe environments such as on board ships where it's enveloped in corrosive > stack gasses and doused with sea water regularly, baked under tropical suns > and frozen with coats of polar ice. > > Not much interface needed. IIRC, it tunes when commanded (or SWR exceeds a > threshold) and remembers settings. You know it is working because the SWR on > the coax is low at the rig, which means it's providing a 50 ohm non-reactive > load at the antenna end. > > I worked with a lot of them on ships in the early 1990's where they were > used primarily at the base of a 22 foot whip to load it up on the SSB marine > distress frequency of 2182 kHz. At 100 watts, that was really pushing them > hard because of the very short radiator for that frequency, but they worked > FB in that service. > > 73, Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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
