For those with antennas that are "nearly right," eg provide <1.5:1 in a sweet spot but not the entire band, like a beam or a dipole, a commercial matcher that covers a huge range is not justified. A simple multi-tapped transformer would satisfy those needs. A relay-switched unit should be relatively easy to put in an outdoor unit quite inexpensively. I've seen tuners built into plastic tool boxes, small plastic rubbish bins, food boxes. Take care to use appropriate drain holes and critter filter.
David G3UNA/G6CP > On 19 April 2020 at 23:06 W2xj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > you get what you pay for. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Apr 19, 2020, at 5:58 PM, Grant Youngman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > At a “mere” $3K each, the AT-615B might be a great product, but is hardly > > what I would call a universally accessible solution … > > > > Grant NQ5T > > > >> On Apr 19, 2020, at 5:13 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
