[Elecraft] K3 ATU specifications

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Go with the KAT3 - not only does it tune an awful lot of weird stuff,  
it remembers it and will just switchs to its known state for that  
band. It's internal, so no need for an additional ext unit, external  
power etc.
This is the same ATU as the KX1/K2, only better as far as I can tell  
(I don't have either a KX1 or K2, but I have friends who do).
If you find it can't tune your antenna, I'm pretty sure nothing else  
will. Conversely, I'm sure that if an LDG tuner will, the KAT3 will to  
(again, I don't have an LDG to check).
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 10 Apr 2008, at 11:41, KB1PXD wrote:
>
> Greetings everyone,
> I'm trying to debate whether or not to pickup an external LDG tuner  
> or just
> go
> with the K3 built-in ATU.  Does anyone know the tuning  
> specifications of the
> ATU?  I need a tuner that will hopefully tune every band to <= 1.5:1  
> on a
> Cobra
> multiband dipole antenna.  The built-in ATU in my TS-850 has  
> difficulties
> with
> certain frequency ranges within a couple of bands.  Should I go with  
> the
> built-in
> K3 ATU, or remove that from my order and just pickup an a decent  
> external
> LDG tuner?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.