Jim, The answer to your question is steeped in the many requests for the KAT500 - Each station has its own set of antennas. Some do have all resonant antennas and do not need the tuner, but that does not seem to be the majority - thus the demand for the KAT500. In the meantime, some are using manual tuners or are restricting their operation to those bands where their antennas are resonant.
I would suggest that the answers vary "all over the board". In my particular case, I run resonant antennas due to an agreement with the XYL when we married - she said she did not want to see antennas or feedlines when coming up the driveway. That has been accomplished, but at the expense of long feedlines (150 feet minimum, 220 feet typical), so I keep the SWR low at the antenna field end of things and use resonant antennas. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/17/2012 7:59 PM, Jim Miller wrote: > What sort of feedline and antennas are folks expecting to use with the > KAT500? > > I assume OPs want this because they are running more than a barefoot K3/100. > > Are folks running 500w at elevated SWR on "normal" coax (e.g. davis bury > flex), open wire line or 7/8" hardline into the shack? > > I assume that much of the 500w usage is into nominally resonant antennas. > What other types of non-resonant antennas are in use at this wattage level > that would need such a tuner in the shack? > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
