Rich -
" I’m a firm believer in 50 ohm matched antennas, but if a tuner is required it needs to be at the feed point." While I prefer unmatched antennas fed with very low loss ladder line, I have always felt the tuner should be at the feedpoint of that line. When I added the KPA500, I switched to the KAT500, and it’s not really practical to locate that remotely. As a compromise, I am using a short (maybe 15 feet) length of coax from the KAT to a hybrid balun (1:1 / 4:1) in the attic which connects to the ladder line. I actually notice no difference in performance (everything else remains unchanged). That being said, a “remote” version of the KAT500 (or a KAT1500) would be of immense interest to me – so I will follow this thread closely. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Thorne Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 7:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] KATxxx Remote Tuner Eric/Wayne, Has there been any work done for a potential dedicated remote antenna tuner? A remote tuner that could handle 500 or 1500 watts to match up with amps power wise (Or just a barefoot K3/K4). Maybe a black box between the LAN on the K4 or ACC on the K3 so control signals could be sent to the tuner via the coax. I’m a firm believer in 50 ohm matched antennas, but if a tuner is required it needs to be at the feed point. Rich - N5ZC Sent from my iPad ______________________________________________________________ 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]
