Re: KAT500 update

Posted by Richard Squire - HB9ANM on Dec 08, 2011; 5:42pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KAT500-update-tp7072932p7075152.html

Well, I must admit I'm a little bit disappointed... It was said some time in August, the KAT500 would have a built-in balun on the input side. And one of two outputs switchable between balanced and unbalanced. Now we'll had to add a balun at the output, which arguably is suboptimal.
On the other hand, I wonder why Elecraft should go into the trouble and expense of developing a high-power balun. AFIK, there are some good products already available...

I second Martin's (LA8OKA) suggestion for a relay-switched configuration.

Maybe they'll think it over - or even offer two different versions (just dreaming...)


73
Richard

wayne burdick wrote

We originally had two antenna jacks on the KAT500, with one of them  
switchable between balanced and unbalanced.

...All three jacks will be unbalanced (SO239).

We're hoping to add a high-power, high-performance balun...

73,
Wayne
N6KR