Elecraft] KAT500 update

[Tobyp]

I was hoping for a third SO 239 instead of a connection for an unbalanced antenna.

Using only coax here.....Toby  W4CAK
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[Augie "Gus" Hansen]

On 12/7/2011 10:08 PM, Toby Pennington wrote:
> I was hoping for a third SO 239 instead of a connection for an unbalanced antenna.
>
> Using only coax here.

Wayne said "All three jacks will be unbalanced (SO239)."

Sounds to me that you got what you wished for. Coax connections are
unbalanced. What's not happening is a balanced connection on the
tuner. That will be done outside the box via an external balun.

Gus Hansen
KB0YH

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[N5GE]

Very glad to hear that...

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
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"If somebody has a bad heart,
they can plug this jack in at
night as they go to bed and it
will monitor their heart
throughout the night. And the
next morning, when they wake up
dead, there'll be a record."

--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman,
  1981 - 1987


On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:29:37 -0700, "Augie \"Gus\" Hansen"
<[hidden email]> wrote:

>On 12/7/2011 10:08 PM, Toby Pennington wrote:
>> I was hoping for a third SO 239 instead of a connection for an unbalanced antenna.
>>
>> Using only coax here.
>
>Wayne said "All three jacks will be unbalanced (SO239)."
>
>Sounds to me that you got what you wished for. Coax connections are
>unbalanced. What's not happening is a balanced connection on the
>tuner. That will be done outside the box via an external balun.
>
>Gus Hansen
>KB0YH

[snip]

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