[Elecraft] External automatic antenna tuner

[David Wilburn]

I went to this page;

http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/maillist.html

and entered

k3 external tuner and received 5 pages of responses.

>From past discussions, it doesn't at this time.  I do not know if it is
on the wish list or not.  I know one poster developed a little macro
that would reduce power and place the rig in cw mode.
-  

David Wilburn
k4dgw at k4dgw.com
K4DGW
K2 S/N 5982


On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 09:38 -0500, Forrest Hudspeth wrote:
> Gentlemen:
> 
> I don't recall any questions (or answers) about having the K3 initiate an
> external antenna tuner, like the LDG RT-11 or perhaps one of the Icom or SGC
> external tuners.  Did I miss this in the myriad of postings?  I don't see it
> on the Yahoo forum or the FAQ.
> 
> So the questions are: will the K3 be able to use the tune button to initiate
> an external antenna tuner?  If so, what are the particular pins on the
> accessory jack to supply this tune button-initiated action?  Can this occur
> on one coax output while still using (or not using) the internal tuner on
> another?  Can it use an external tuner if the internal one is not
> installed?  Will the K3 VFO (or it's memories) remember that tuner (internal
> or external) and antenna connector output the next time it's chosen?
> 
> Thanks, Forrest WA3FAE
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