[Elecraft] BL2 Balun Heating

[d.cutter at ntlworld.com]

My doublet ladder line feeds straight into the K3 without external tuner.  Why use another box?

David
G3UNA
> 
> From: Paul at N4LCD.com
> Date: 2008/07/09 Wed PM 09:12:34 BST
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] BL2 Balun Heating
> 
> 
> >Just passing along some information that might be of interest.
> >
> >I have the K3 with the auto tuner built in.  My antenna is a Cobra Ultralite
> >fed with ladder line. I can switch between a Johnson Matchbox and a BL2
> >balun/KAT3 to feed the antenna. I previously had adjusted the feedline
> >length so that the Matchbox would find a 1 to 1 match on all bands 80
> >through 10 including 30, 17, and 12 meters. I have received many good signal
> >reports on all bands with either matching system.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >Happy 4th of July.
> >
> >73,
> >
> >John W2XS
> 
> I have the same antenna, the Cobra Ultralite with window line, and 
> simply connect the two ends of the window line to an SGC-230 
> automatic tuner http://www.sgcworld.com/230ProductPage.html which is 
> mounted outside.  I have the tune power of the K3 set to 3 Watts.  No 
> balun required.  Works great, 80 through 10.
> 
> Paul N4LCD 
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