[Elecraft] Re: KAT100 - Early Impressions

[kc4kgu@ENTERZONE.NET]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 w0ifl@hotmail.com wrote:

> I dunno.... I kinda like the quarter-crunching sound of the LDG!  At firs=
t I
> thought it was noisy, but now I think I'd miss that sound as I tune up.  =
Of
> course, I won't be hearing THAT tuner for long, now that the KAT100 is
> coming....
>=20
> Ron E
> W=90IFL
>=20

If you like your LDG, you'll _LOVE_ the KAT100.  The LDG AT11-MP was the
first tuner I ever owned.   It worked.  I'll give it that.

The KAT100 is in a completely different class though.  As for relay noise,
I think that the KAT100 is quieter than that AT11-MP and not _much_
noisier than the tuner in my TS-2000.

As for speed, prepare to be amazed.  The LDG went kind of "clickity
clickity, clack clack clack"....

The KAT100 goes "BuzzzzzzT" when it needs to search or simply "Click" if
it doesn't have to search.

The only way I've been able to make it take longer to find a match is to
present it with something that it CAN'T match.  IE; My 2m antenna on
160m. (Hey, isn't this what field testing is all about?)  Even then, it
was less than three seconds and the KAT100 knew.

Wayne @ Elecraft said:

> We may be able to reduce the noise during initial auto-tune by adding
> sound-absorptive material. We're hoping to experiment with
> such material next week.=20
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

Wayne, are you looking at the material I sent you the links for?  If so, I
can probably do some tests here as well.

73 de John - KC4KGU
K2/100 #2490