Good Morning Jim ... The internal K2 tuner should have the range to match the 43 ft vertical. It is a wide-range tuner as opposed to the internal tuners on many rigs which are only good for tweaking antennas that are near resonance.
You will, of course, have feedline losses due to high SWR with this system which can be noticeable on some bands. You will want to use low loss feedline and a proper current choke at the feedpoint. The resulting performance will depend heavily on the radial system used, and I would recommend a minimum of 32 untuned radials. Given attention to these details, you can expect good DX performance on 20, 30, 40 and 80 meters. On 17 meters and above the radiation angle will become higher than optimal for DX. The feedline loss issues can be resolved by using a remote tuner at the feedpoint. I'm doing this here using a CG-3000 tuner from Array Solutions. Works well with my K3, and I'm pleased with the performance of the antenna after installation of an adequate radial system. 73 Craig AC0DS ______________________________________________________________ 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