I run a KPA500 and KAT500 into an Ppitbe Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 24, 2019, at 1:24 PM, Michael Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Eric > > I think you are asking a lot for a tuner to run at any power into a > non-resonant antenna and break a pile up. :) > > You would actually have better success with a 12M dipole then trying to get > a non-resonant beam to direct your signal. > > If I was in your shoes, I would quickly toss up a 12M dipole with some > string and bubble gum as you would have a much higher radiated signal. > > Mike va3mw > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 4:08 PM eric norris via Elecraft < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> My Force 12 C3 antenna is not resonant on 12m. Using the K3 barefoot, the >> internal atu tunes the antenna fine. Bypassing the K3 atu, but still >> running barefoot into the KPA1500 atu, the KPA atu loses it's mind and goes >> in and out of TUNE mode uncommanded. Even though the KPA has found a >> match, trying to transmit through it at the 100w level is impossible >> because of the constant retuning. >> I have put my small collection of mix-31 ferrites on the antenna output, >> input, and KPA control line at the KPA, each at a time, with no success. >> Any ideas? I would like to be able to run the KPA at least a few hundred >> watts to have the proverbial snowball's chance to break the VP6R pileup on >> 12m CW. >> Any useful comments appreciated. >> 73 Eric WD6DBM >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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]
