What would really be great is if we could get this Elecraft tuner in a remote option for the K4, K3S, K3 (& maybe, those other brands, too). IMHO, It’s the missing Elecraft option. 73, Jeff/wb0m
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 00:46:46 -0400 From: Julia Tuttle <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> "Elecraft's ATUs are generally wider range than other manufacturers', I thought, and that comes at a parts cost that everyone might not want to pay. I'd rather have the option for a wide range one than a built-in but less capable one." On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 00:41 John Nicholson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Yes and no; both the IC-7610 and FTdx101 models include an internal tuner > without an optional charge. > > John K7FD > >> On Jun 3, 2021, at 9:23 PM, Rick Tavan <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> ?Ed K1EP mentioned that the K4 ATU is a cost-extra option on all K4 > models. >> This is as it should be. If you have an external tuner in the shack or at >> the antenna or a tuner integrated into an amplifier that's always in line >> (or in Standby with the tuner enabled) or if all your antennas are well >> matched, you wouldn't want to pay Elecraft for a tuner inside K4 that you >> wouldn't be using. OTOH if, like me, you sometimes take your K4 to the >> field or operate it at a shack where there is no external auto-tuner, > then >> the K4 ATU option is delightful. IMHO, Elecraft made some good decisions > on >> what to include as standard and what to "optionalize" in K4. >> >> /Rick N6XI ______________________________________________________________ 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]
