[Elecraft] Antenna Tuner and Balun comparison question

[David Toepfer]

--- Charles Greene <W1CG@qsl.net> wrote:
> On the other hand, Jerry Sevick, W2FMI, who wrote two books on baluns, 
> prefers a voltage balun over a current balun for use in an antenna tuner, 
> provided it uses a very large core of the proper material.

Do you recall why he does?

dt
.


> At 05:38 PM 10/17/2003, David Toepfer wrote:
> >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
> 
> 73, Chas,  W1CG
> K2 462b, 3571 
>