Kurt, I have a K3 with tuner and amp. I have a 65 foot tower with a 3 element SteppIR antenna. Before Hurricane Ike I installed an inverted L with a homemade 80 meter trap. The tower supports the trap and the 80 meter portion runs from a ground stake with 5 50 foot long radials. Ike broke all the elements off my beam and while I had the beam down for repair I used the inverted L on all bands, 160 through 6 with a RG8X feed about 125 feet long and the internal tuner on the K3. I have also used the K3 with internal tuner to tune a 106 foot long wire on a submarine on all bands. I recommend you buy the K3 with the amp and tuner and skip the remote tuner. Remember, the vertical part of the inverted L does nearly all the work and the horizontal part contributes very little, so make the vertical part of the wire as long as you can. With 50 or 60 foot vertical it will be a good dx antenna. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: Mini Builder <kiminicoop...@yahoo.com> To: "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 8:44 PM Subject: [Elecraft] CW power output and remote tuners Background: I got into ham radio back in the 1970s, getting my license at age 12, then life moved on and my license expired. Recently, going through my dad’s stuff after he passed away, I found his license, which brought back many fond memories, so I decided to get back into it. Now: I just passed the Technician and General test (no call sign yet) and have been looking at the state of the art - HOLY SMOKES have things changed! Anyhow, after a lot of research, I’ve decided to get a K3, but before that, I need an antenna. The K3 (with amp) outputs 100W. I’m pretty sure that I’m going with an inverted-L antenna, which requires a remote antenna tuner at its base. One promising remote tuner is the SG-230, but it can only handle “80 watts continuous.” My question: In CW mode, how much power does the K3 output? (assuming worst-case key down 100%). If the answer is “100W”, what remote tuner are you guys using with inverted-Lsand your K3s? Yes, I know that the K3 can have a built-in tuner, but I don’t think it can work with an inverted-L. Kurt – currently call-sign-less, but who was once WB6DSW. (I understand about keeping posts short, but this is my intro post. Follow-ons will be shorter :) ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
