Quadra and K3 update

[Keith Heimbold]

Just wanted to provide an update to my Quadra quandary. It is a quandary no more. I now have the K3 interfaced with the Yaesu Quadra VL1000.

I ordered the cable for the quadra from Tom Wirth, WN2FMM. It works well to interface the K3 with the Quadra amplifier. I hooked it up last night and it does the required band changes and key the amp with no issue. I am pleased and recommend Tom to anyone who needs a custom cable built for the Yaesu solid state amps, Quadra and FL7000.

I still need to test the antenna tuning function of the amplifier since it has a built in auto tuner. For those not familiar with the auto tuner function of the quadra it is basically for tweaking slightly off resonance antennas not more than 2-3:1 SWR. It is kind of a nice to have and not nearly robust as it should have been designed.

Thanks to all who sent perspective and advice directly on this critical challenge for me.

Keith
AG6AZ

Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos
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