David, I am sure you are correct in your idea that just as much heat is produced in the DXE balun as in the Elecraft balun but the heat is easily absorbed by the huge DXE balun.
I do not have an analyzer to measure impedance at the base of the twin lead. All I can say is that the KAT 100 is able to provide very reasonable matches 160 thru 10. I have not used my Elecraft Balun lately but if memory serves correctly it did not provide as good matches at either 1:1 or 4:1 as the DXE does. Early on I tried shortening the feeder but ended up with the full 100' for best matching. If you would like I will run a series of matches on different bands and post the SWR readings from the KAT100. ----- Bill Strong WA5KPE Hattiesburg, MS K2/100 #4454 KAT100 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-Multi-Band-antenna-thoughts-tp15996954p16064239.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
