[Elecraft] KAT100 with Ladder Line

[Craig Rairdin]

For Field Day this year I had my K2 hooked up to a 130' dipole fed by ladder
line. We ran that to a 4:1 balun and a few feet of coax to the KAT100. It
tuned it up nicely on all bands. We had no trouble working anyone we called.

Craig
NZ0R

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Curt Milton
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:50 AM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KAT100 with Ladder Line


I admit I enjoyed using a KAT100 at FD, but I wonder
how much value it would be at my station.  

For feeding my wire antenna with balanced line, I
suspect I need an external balun, that has to go
someplace, and better to be attached to one of the
tuner inputs.  Currently I use a manual MFJ tuner
(with its internal 4:1 balun) to operate my wire
antenna on 30, 40, 80 and 160m.  I can imagine the
autotuner being useful here, but I can't envision the
balun to use and how to attach it to the KAT100.  

My other antennas are 2 multiband verticals (80/40 and
20/17/15/12/10), and these are nicely matched where I
operate - so not much utility for the KAT100 here.  

So will a KAT100 make my QSY more seamless, and what
balun to use and how to integrate it ?

73, curt



 
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