I am developing plans a hut-to-hut skit tour in Canada for next winter. On this trip, I will want to operate my KX2 inside of metal-roofed A-frame huts with a 60' feedline (RG-174, RG-58, or 300Ω twinlead?) to some kind of wire antenna outside. I plan to operate SSB on 40 & 20 meters at a minimum, and 15 & 10m if possible; likely in adverse weather conditions.
I read the FAQ for the T1 on using it as a remote tuner, which says: > The T1 is intended for use near the operating position. But with a little > effort it could be remoted, and its extremely small size would be beneficial > for this purpose. First, the tuner must be placed in a weatherproof container > if used outdoors. Second, controlling the tuner remotely requires a shielded > control cable back to the operating position; this cable must supply, at > minimum, a simple switch closure to wake up the tuner. It’s also possible to > create your own band-data interface from the rig to the ATU, as explained in > the T1 Owner’s Manual. Finally, you’ll need an SWR bridge at the operating > position since you won’t be able to see the LEDs on the T1. I can see that the KX2 manual and the T1 manual give a lot of information about control signals and such. But before I take the time to try to engineer something or hack something, I'll ask the obvious question: Has anybody out there done this? Follow-up questions to anybody who has: Can you describe your set-up? Have any of you found a way to use the KXIO2 and either the PFn or some other feature to control the T1 from the KX2 through a separate 3-conductor cable? Thanks and 73s. DE KC6ZKT ______________________________________________________________ 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
