I find the tread about the Elecraft, vs other tuners to be interesting. I have a K3 with the internal tuner. I also have the KAT500. I have thousands of QSOs on those devices, and the tuners ALWAYS go back to the memorized setting so fast I may sometimes not even notice that it changed... but when I gift it RF I see that the SWR is right where I hoped it would be. My experience was exactly the same with the KX3 that I borrowed from a friend in the Summer of 2013, when I made hundreds of QSOs on 80 through 10 meters into a 125' end fed wire.
I have far less experience with LDG or SGC tuners, but if you have an Elecraft tuner that does not do the job almost instantly, then I suspect there is something wrong, either in the setup, the initial training of the tuner, or in the device itself. If a person wants an external tuner of Elecraft quality, I suggest getting the KAT500. It is more money than tuners rated for less power, but I have a friend who got one to use with his IC756ProIII and an SGC amp. It replaced his LDG-1000 PRO which fried (for reasons I am not aware of). I felt that the KAT500 matched his antennas better and faster than the internal tuner in the '756... but admit, that may have been prejudice on my part... I am the one who talked him into the KAT500. 73 to all, Dave - K9FN On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Gregory Schippers <[email protected]> wrote: > Nate- OP referenced tuner in kX3, not K3. The KX3 tuner is noticeably > faster, in my experience. Also, my experience with the SGC line of auto > couplers is such that I think that niche is well filled at the moment, but > I am sure an Elecraft product would make improvements. ;-) > Greg in West Mitten, KC8HXO > K3 #270 > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Nate Bargmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually, I am of the opposite opinion and rate my LDG AT-200Pro above > > the internal tuner of my K3. When I return to a previously tuned band > > frequency on the LDG all I hear are a click or two and it is there. The > > K3's tuner rattles and carries on for quite a bit longer seemingly > > needing to find the match all over again as though there is no memory in > > the tuner. The K3 tuner is still reasonably fast, but just annoying > > that it seems to go through the whole cycle when changing bands on an > > antenna previously used. > > > > 73, Nate, N0NB > > > > -- > > > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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]
