[Elecraft] Auxbus driver

[Julian (G4ILO)]

I agree. Someone will probably argue that "if that's what you want, why not 
just use an SGC." But having used one, I can vouch that it's not nearly as 
convenient as using a tuner that changes the tuning as you switch from band 
to band without requiring you to transmit. I switched to using the KAT2 for 
that very reason, but it was only practical for me because there is only 
about 2.5m of co-ax between the radio and my attic-mounted loop. If I had 
outside antennas it wouldn't be sensible because of the feeder losses 
involved.

By the way, I have some charts showing losses for several types of feeder 
on my web site at www.qsl.net/g4ilo/mismatch_losses.html. I didn't produce 
the spreadsheets they were derived from, but they seemed so relevant to my 
discussion of using a nonresonant antenna that I thought it was worth 
including them on my site.

73,
--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392)
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo

Andrew Catanzaro" <acatan@wi.rr.com> wrote:

I second the motion for this option for the K2 to remotely mount the 
KAT-100.
I wonder how long a control line anyone has gotten away with so far?  Most 
K2's
are not used in a field with a longwire hanging out the back, so it doesn't 

make 
sense to have a wide range tuner available only at the radio.  Most of us
like to run coax to a remote tuner if the geography is not amenable to a 
balun 
and
open wire or ladder line.  I think SGC has created a whole industry on this 

concept . . .

Andy W9NJY
K2 and Sierra