Craig D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Friday, September 07, 2007
11:56 AM
Given Elecraft's knowledge and success with their other tuners (I loved the
internal tuner in my K2), I think they could do a bang up world-class job
with a remote tuner with automatic interface with the K3. There (relatively
soon) will be thousands of K3s out there waiting for tuning solutions. I
will be first in line to purchase a remote tuner when Elecraft announces it.
And I'm sure they will find a way to provide excellent performance with
balanced loads such as ladderline fed doublets, loops, etc
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Craig,
If my understanding is correct, a remote tuner designed to interface with
the K3 would not allow the use of the tuner with any other type of rig. If
that is correct then the user of a rig other than the K3 would have to build
/ buy a control device which simulates the K3 control interface before the
tuner could be used. I believe that Elecraft's potential market would be
greatly enlarged if the remote tuner could be used with any type of rig (50
ohm load)? My apology if I have misunderstood what you mean by 'automatic
interface with the K3'.
My vote based on use of homebrewed remote tuners is for a tuner that tunes
itself for a match and which does not require to be given band data from the
rig. This reduces the number of wires between shack and tuner to 3 - DC
supply, Remote VSWR indication and Ground. If the coax feeder is used to
route these rails it is possible to have no extra wires at all, but I prefer
not to do this.
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
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