Ease up for a minute.... Look at it my way. I KNOW I am gonna need an external tuner with massive capability to do the same thing I am doing now.... only one tuner on the commercial market will tune my 80m loop at 1500W the way the K3s can.
I didn't WANT an onboard tuner... I consider the price point fair for an amp only. It would cost me roughly that much to build one from a true kit, boards, or schematic... (Looking forward to it). Tuning full range, full-power, from 160-6m, from more than 3:1 gets expensive, big, and heavy in a hurry.... MOST folks don't need/want a tuner like that, especially if it takes more money out their pocket. Consider the on-board tuner a bonus extra... and if so inclined send up a prayer the FCC approval is rapidly forthcoming. :-) 73, ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G On 4/21/2017 7:56 AM, Wes Stewart wrote: > A couple of points. > > If you believe that an SWR of >3 necessarily degrades the efficiency > of an antenna, you are simply wrong. > > If the "tuner" components have to be derated to this extent then > perhaps it should be called a line flattener rather than a tuner > because a lot of guys are still going to need a tuner. > > > > On 4/21/2017 4:34 AM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: >> The KPA1500 tuner range is fine. If your antennas have >3:1 SWR you need >> to do some work outside. It will help your signal much more than the >> amp. >> Even when I operated the RTTY Roundup in January after an ice storm my >> antennas were within this amplifiers SWR range. >> >> John KK9A >> >> from: Wes Stewartn7ws >> Fri Apr 21 01:18:59 EDT 2017 >> ] >> Not enough full power tuner range. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
