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Re: KAT500 update

Posted by rlindzen on Dec 08, 2011; 9:54pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KAT500-update-tp7072932p7076047.html

Actually, it seems to me that an antenna tuner is needed because SWR
is high, and if SWR is high, there are extra losses in the
feedline.  The lowest cost low loss feeder is open line, and a
balanced input to the tuner would be useful.

Dick, WO1I

At 10:48 PM 12/8/2011, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote:

>Thanks,
>
>This is exactly what I need! There is only unbalanced coax in my shack.
>
>73
>
>Arie PA3A
>
>
>
>Op 8-12-2011 2:22, Wayne Burdick :
> > We originally had two antenna jacks on the KAT500, with one of them
> > switchable between balanced and unbalanced.
> >
> > Recently we decided that a third antenna jack would provide greater
> > utility overall. (In my case, I'll be keeping a dummy load on the
> > third jack.) All three jacks will be unbalanced (SO239).
> >
> >
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