Hi Jim, Thanks for the info... I will be getting an amp from Elecraft if they ever come out with a 1K job, and buy the tuner then... THANK YOU! -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
On Mon, 2014-11-17 at 10:28 -0800, Jim Brown wrote: > On Mon,11/17/2014 6:14 AM, David Cole wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am considering the Elecraft KAT500K tuner for my station... I run > > around 1K to 1.5K for SSB, and 500 to 750 for RTTY/Digital. > > > > Is this pushing the Elecraft too far? > > I'm using a pair in my SO2R station that I run legal limit. My antennas > are all fairly well matched. When the KAT500 doesn't like the load or > the power, it faults to protect itself. If you're a reasonably > technical guy who won't expect the tuner to do things it cannot do, I > think you'll be very happy. I am. As Don has said, it won't let you run > high power to a badly matched load. > > The KAT500 has three outputs, and the firmware remembers settings for > each on each band (and even multiple frequencies on a band). Like the > KPA500 (which I use when not contesting), all it takes is a dit or a > bang on the mic to change bands and recall settings. I use no band data > for either unit, and only PTT for the KPA. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
