I usually get 1.0 to 1 on a variety of antennas including my 160 sloper cut for 1.947 down on the CW portion of the band. Sometimes it's not quite as good but that's when I'm trying to make a really bad match work.
Bill NZ0T Lee Buller wrote: > > > I am curious as to the experience of others on the list concerning the > KAT3. Mine works find, but never finds that 1.0 to 1 match. It will find > 1.2 or so (which is OK I know) but does not seem to find anything better. > Yes, I do the tune procedure twice within 5 seconds. Latest firmware. It > also seems to increase over time a tad....and I am not moving around on > frequency that much either. I am kinda addicted to running stations. > > Antenna is a Force-12 which is about .14 to 1.6. I really don't need to > use the tuner but I do. The 40 meter vee and the 80 mter vee do the same > thing when I run the antenna tuner. I do not on 40 CW and the 80 meter > dipole is tuned to mid band since I try to work both SSB and CW. All this > has bee checked by an antenna analyzer. > > Just asking another one of my brilliant questions... > > Lee - K0WA :>) > > > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you > don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you > can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some > Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3---Elecraft-Antenna-Tuner-KAT3-tp1129458p1129913.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
