Since noone has actually answered the specific question... A few years ago, I was told by the Owner of Chamelon that the CHA Hybrid-Micro used in that kit as the base & matching unit is 5:1 Unun. The manual of the kit has an SWR plot for various types of radiating elements that can be used: the vertical, vertical with extension, a length of wire, etc. Whether or not a tuner is required to obtain an acceptable SWR is going to depend a lot on what you intend to use for the radiating element. If you're planning on using the antenna with one of the vertical elements on 40m, you're going to need to use the tuner in the KX2...which will just fine.
The folks who have commented about using just a wire and binding post as the preferred setup are not taking into considerations the various operating environments that someone might be in. I frequent desert and mountainous areas in SoCal that have no trees or bushes of any meaningful height. In those cases, using a man-pack type of vertical (like the Chameleon) is a very convenient antenna to use with a KX2 or KX3. Tim On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 8:24 AM Jeff Grillo <j...@jeffgrillo.com> wrote: > I am considering purchasing a Chamaeleon MPAS Lite and from what I gather > from advertisements they require an external wide range antenna tuner to > work. I have a kx2 with the internal tuner. I am guessing there is > something beyond my paygrade as to why this would not be sufficient? If > anyone has direct experience with these antennas please let me know your > experience and what you think. Also… I am interested in this particular > antenna because I am visually impaired and it seems like something I could > set up myself relatively easily. Thanks! 73 KO4NE > > Sent from my iPhone > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ae...@worldwidedx.com -- Owner, worldwidedx.com AE6LX, Amateur Radio ______________________________________________________________ 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
