I use a SGC auto tuner in a similar configuration. Tuner at ground level, 40 feet of window line straight up to feed point of 130 foot doublet. TUN PWR on the K3 is set to about 5 watts in the menu. Press and hold the XMIT (Tune) button on the K3 and it tunes. On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 7:05 PM George Kidder <gkid...@ilstu.edu> wrote:
> In CONFIG menu, TUN PWR defaults to NOR, where tuning power follows the > power knob. But TUN PWR can be pre-set to any other value, which it > will produce whenever the "xmit" button is held. (I have mine set for 50 > W since my SWR indicators are manual). You could use 5W or anything > else. Is this "automated" enough? > > George, W3HBM > > > On 11/6/2016 6:43 PM, Dave Lankshear wrote: > > I wonder if anyone has interfaced a K3 with an MFJ-929, used as a remote > > tuner? > > > > > > > > One of my antennas is a doublet fed with 450 ohm ladder line. The ideal > > place for a tuner is at the base of the ladderline and I intend to > > experiment with a variety of baluns to see which work best on which > bands. > > I have a suitable housing for the auto ATU and balun(s), which may end up > > being switched remotely. > > > > > > > > The auto tuner can be set to an automatic mode whereby feeding a few > watts > > of RF will generate a tune before adjusting power output of the K3 to the > > required level, but I wonder if this can be done in a more automated > manner? > > > > > > > > Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > 73 Dave G3TJP > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to gkid...@ilstu.edu > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to dave.w...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
