[Elecraft] Remote Antenna Tuner

Sun Sep 7 19:36:04 2003

Sverre and Randy:
  If it is just a matter of doubling the components, and even the cost, I'm 
all for it.  Still, I doubt you'd have to double the costs.  But the added 
components do not double the complexity of concept, so let's go for it.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy

--On Sunday, September 7, 2003 3:01 PM -0500 Randy Moore 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>
>> I wonder, is there anything fundamentally difficult in making
>> an automatic balanced tuner, say an automatic version of the
>> BLT-tuner or another Z-match tuner? - or is the problem that
>> there aren't enough people interested so that noone has
>> bothered to try?
>>
>> --
>> 73,
>> Sverre
>
> As I recall, Wayne answered this question a long time ago.  Seems like
> there has to be about as many tunable components in each side of the
> balanced tuner as there are in the KAT2, and the tuning algorithm has to
> choose L's and C's from both sides.  I think this means it costs a lot
> more.
>
> 73,
> Randy, KS4L
>
>
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David A. Belsley
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