Posted by
Craig Rairdin on
Nov 15, 2007; 5:50pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K2-s-n-4276-Output-Power-Instability-tp366380p366427.html
For Field Day this year I had my K2 hooked up to a 130' dipole fed by ladder
line. We ran that to a 4:1 balun and a few feet of coax to the KAT100. It
tuned it up nicely on all bands. We had no trouble working anyone we called.
Craig
NZ0R
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Subject: [Elecraft] KAT100 with Ladder Line
I admit I enjoyed using a KAT100 at FD, but I wonder
how much value it would be at my station.
For feeding my wire antenna with balanced line, I
suspect I need an external balun, that has to go
someplace, and better to be attached to one of the
tuner inputs. Currently I use a manual MFJ tuner
(with its internal 4:1 balun) to operate my wire
antenna on 30, 40, 80 and 160m. I can imagine the
autotuner being useful here, but I can't envision the
balun to use and how to attach it to the KAT100.
My other antennas are 2 multiband verticals (80/40 and
20/17/15/12/10), and these are nicely matched where I
operate - so not much utility for the KAT100 here.
So will a KAT100 make my QSY more seamless, and what
balun to use and how to integrate it ?
73, curt
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