I agree. Match the antenna, whatever the Z may be, to the feed line. This is most efficiently done at the antenna feed-point.
However with good loss coax on HF, matching at the transmitter end is easier and less complex and less expensive. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 19, 2020, at 4:13 PM, W2xj <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can get an AT-615B from Array Solutions now and do this. I put 10 in a > club station for our various wire arrays. They do everything you need. > > BTW I disagree about this 50 Ohm antenna thing. In my world of commercial > high powered broadcasting 30 MHz and under, there are almost never resonant, > matched 50 ohm arrays. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 19, 2020, at 8:41 AM, Richard Thorne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> 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] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
