I use a switch tapped air inductor with a variable C on one end. It is an L network thus it is reversible and will match either Hi Z or Lo Z loads. This always brings the load to within range the ATU in the radio can resolve a match.
Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2018, at 3:48 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Going way back to the original post, it seems to me that there is a simple > answer: > > The OP wants something that is very portable, that the KX2 will tune. > > The whole balun discussion comes from trying to match a near-infinite > impedance, and chopping the wire down a bit (or making it longer) is going to > bring it to an impedance that the tuner can match. > > Lotta folks doing that. > > 73 -- Lynn > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
