My doublet ladder line feeds straight into the K3 without external tuner. Why use another box?
David G3UNA > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2008/07/09 Wed PM 09:12:34 BST > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] BL2 Balun Heating > > > >Just passing along some information that might be of interest. > > > >I have the K3 with the auto tuner built in. My antenna is a Cobra Ultralite > >fed with ladder line. I can switch between a Johnson Matchbox and a BL2 > >balun/KAT3 to feed the antenna. I previously had adjusted the feedline > >length so that the Matchbox would find a 1 to 1 match on all bands 80 > >through 10 including 30, 17, and 12 meters. I have received many good signal > >reports on all bands with either matching system. > > > ><snip> > > > >Happy 4th of July. > > > >73, > > > >John W2XS > > I have the same antenna, the Cobra Ultralite with window line, and > simply connect the two ends of the window line to an SGC-230 > automatic tuner http://www.sgcworld.com/230ProductPage.html which is > mounted outside. I have the tune power of the K3 set to 3 Watts. No > balun required. Works great, 80 through 10. > > Paul N4LCD > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
