Folks, My HF antenna consists of a 28 ft vertical with eight 20-foot elevated radials. I use an SGC autotuner at the feedpoint for multiband coverage and I'm very satisfied with the setup. Coax from the shack to the antenna is buried.
When my K2 is completed later this summer I will complete my conversion to 100% QRP by selling my Yaesu FT-857 and the SGC tuner, but this wasn't intended to be a For Sale message. I'll replace the SGC with an Elecraft T1 (I want to use it on an FT-817 as well). I like the idea of installing the tuner at the antenna feedpoint, hence my question: Has anyone "remoted" a T1 before? I was thinking of doing this by bringing the Tune switch contacts to a small jack on the side of the case (assuming there's room) and plugging in a relay that I could energize from the shack, i.e., closing the relay contacts would replace pushing the Tune button. I'll see the results on my SWR meter, so the LEDs on the T1 wouldn't be missed. The T1 would be installed in a weatherproof cabinet, which could also house the relay...and the slick way to do the switching would be to send 12V down the coax. I assume that this configuration would work better than using the T1 in the shack for multiband operation, but maybe I'm wrong. Good idea? Dumb idea? Has it been done? Thanks and 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
