Greg, Thanks -- I will take a look at that.
73, phil On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil. If you are going to remote it and keep it in place take a look at > the Green Herron wireless boxes. They work great. I have a remote that > controls my 2x6 antenna switch, one that creates a TTL BCD matrix using 4 > relays for band switching the quadra amp and one that controls my Hi-Z rx > antenna. You can also get them with an internal bias-T. > > 73 > Greg > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Phil Hystad <[email protected]> wrote: > Wayne --- > > This is all new news to me about remote operation of the T1. Actually, I > never thought of it. I have a T1, I have a KX3 with the built-in tuner, and > I also have a KX1 and I have normally used the T1 with my KX1. > > For portable ops, I have strung up make-shift 20-meter dipole antennas up in > a tree but because of all kinds of factors and environment, the match is not > that good usually. The idea of using a T1 at the match point and then remote > controlled should make QRP ops much better with the coax feedline losses > being much lower. > > So, is this a reasonable thing to try? Sometimes, the distance to the > make-shift antenna from a picnic bench (for example) is 50 feet or so and I > always use 75 foot of coax. I usually don't try ladder line for lower losses > because often the feed line is running along the ground for awhile. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:01 AM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Tord, > > > > This is possible, though I'm not sure it would work over this distance. > > Meanwhile, the T1 manual shows a simple method for remote-controlled tuning > > via a switch closure. > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Tord <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Wayne, > >> > >> I have a KX3 and would very much like to use my brilliant T1 tuner at the > >> feedpoint of the antenna, typically 30-50 feet away from the KX3. > >> The T1 has a remote control jack that enables remote tuning and auto band > >> switching if used together with a FT-817. Are there any future plans to > >> implement an ATU MODE for remote controlling the T1 over the ACC2 connector > >> of the KX3? > >> > >> > >> 73 de Tord/LA7MHA > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
