I have an Elecraft T1 ATU that I am trying to make work with a Wilderness Radio QRP rig. I am new to using ATU's and have what might be a simple question: Am I doing it right?
I made an end-fed antenna that is often called the W3EDP antenna. 85 feet long with a 17ft counterpoise. I hooked it up for the first time today and tried to get it to tune on 40M. I could hear the relays clicking and clicking. Finally, it seemed to get a 2:1 or so match. I think. To do the tuning I would hit the PWR/TUN button on the T1 until it flashed green. Then I would hit both speed buttons on the Sierra to put it into Tune mode. The relays would click, click and click some more. Finally the T1 would settle down and then I would kick the Sierra out of Tune mode. Is this the correct procedure? When the Sierra is tuning it shows the estimated Watts out. As the T1 relays are clicking I can see the Watts out number changing on the Sierra. I would see it move around. Often, the final "match" would show up as a very number of watts out (< 1) but I had seen higher numbers while it was tuning. Am I doing this correct and is there a way to validate that it has tuned it OK? Thanks in advance. 73 de Keith KB3ILS _______________________________________________ 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
