Ignacy, I have a 1:1 balun as well and I have experimented with both. They sit right next to each other under the eve on the side of my house so switching back and forth between the 1:1 and 4:1 is a 5 minute task where the first 4 minutes is just getting the latter to reach up to where they are located. The 4:1 balun seems to work the best in this case.
phil On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Ignacy <n...@arrl.net> wrote: > Many tuners tried to match anything. At the borderline most of the power > stays in toroids and the tuner smokes. > > Perhaps KAT500 like MFJ-998 reduces the matching range at higher power. > > You may try 1:1 balun. I use MFJ-998 at KW level with 80m ladderline and 1:1 > balun. No problem matching 160-80m. On higher bands almost all bands matched > with homemade 1:1 balun but fewer with heavy-duty 1:1 commercial balun. > > Ignacy > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KAT500-Performance-Clarification-tp7569058p7569061.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
