Maybe it needs to be more robust? Last week I was attempting to tune a short ladderline fed (via a balun) doublet on 80 meters using the KAT3. The tuner successfully tuned the system for the cw part of the band, but had trouble on 75 meters. I tried retuning a few times, and noted smoke and a burning smell. Now antennas connected to the ANT1 connector are deaf, while using the ANT2 connector the tuner works fine.
I've successfully used this antenna on 80 meters using an external manual Palstar balanced tuner, but never got a match using the internal tuner in my IC756. While the IC756 tuner cannot provide a match, it never was damaged in my attempts. On the bright side, Elecraft support is sending a replacement KAT3, no questions asked. Steve N9SZ _______________________________________________ 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
