Ed K1EP mentioned that the K4 ATU is a cost-extra option on all K4 models. This is as it should be. If you have an external tuner in the shack or at the antenna or a tuner integrated into an amplifier that's always in line (or in Standby with the tuner enabled) or if all your antennas are well matched, you wouldn't want to pay Elecraft for a tuner inside K4 that you wouldn't be using. OTOH if, like me, you sometimes take your K4 to the field or operate it at a shack where there is no external auto-tuner, then the K4 ATU option is delightful. IMHO, Elecraft made some good decisions on what to include as standard and what to "optionalize" in K4.
/Rick N6XI On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 7:16 AM Ed K1EP <k1ep.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > No. Extra on all versions. > > reply to: k...@arrl.net > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 09:58 Richard <flat...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Does the basic plain vanilla K4 have a built-in antenna tuner? I'm > > guessing no. > > > > Richard Kunc ~ W4KBX > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 k1ep.l...@gmail.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 > Message delivered to rta...@gmail.com > -- -- Rick Tavan Truckee and Saratoga, CA ______________________________________________________________ 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
