[Elecraft] Antenna Tuner and Balun comparison question

[David Toepfer]

I have been trying to decide which tuner's I should consider using for the K2
in my future.  I have always been impressed by the LDG tuners.  But it seems
that the Elecraft tuners are at least as good (if not better as I expect) in
design and have the bonus of being internal (integrated with a/b swithc and
band memory) as well.

I tried to compare specs, but the lit for the Elecraft tuners seem to be lean
on basic inductance/capacitance specs from what I can find on the web site (not
sure why).  I suspect they are both Z-match tuners (less lossy than a T-match
from what I understand) and are quite capable of tuning a wide array of antenna
mismatches.

I guess what I am looking for is whether anyone has any experience with or
knows of any comparisons (in addition to eham.net) of any of these tuners that
might sway my decision one way or another on these 2 tuner comparisons:

1)
Elecraft KAT100 (http://elecraft.com/kat100/kat100_page.htm)
vs
LDG Electronics AT-11MP (http://ldgelectronics.com/at-11mp_description.html)

2)
Elecraft KAT2 (http://elecraft.com/Apps/kat_pics.htm)
vs
LDG Electronics Z-11 (http://ldgelectronics.com/z-11.html)

From what I can see of the specs published on the Elecraft balun kit it seems
quite fine as well and I am likely to get it in favor of the LDG unit, though
the differences seem less radical.

3)
Elecraft BL1 (http://elecraft.com/mini_module_kits/mini_modules.htm)
vs
LDG Electronics RBA-1 (http://ldgelectronics.com/ba-1.html)

In the end I so like the product Elecraft is producing and what I guess I am
looking for is whether there is a compelling reason to not buy their tuners
over what I believe is the next best auto-tuners out there.

Thanks.

dt
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