[Elecraft] Vedr: KAT500 update

[Don Wilhelm]

Martin,

Actually, for my part the 3 SO-239 connectors offer the greatest 
flexibility.  If a user uses open wire feeders, he likely already has a 
balun connected to those feeders.  To move that balun inside the tuner 
makes no sense to me. In fact, I have an MFJ 962D tuner that I removed 
the internal balun just so I could connect a 3rd SO-239 connector.  The 
baluns live at the center of my antennas or at the end of the 
ladder-line (which is not in the shack).

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/8/2011 8:23 AM, Martin Storli - LA8OKA wrote:
> Have you tought about the possibility to combine two of the SO-239 connectors to form a balanced input.
> With some relays it is possible to change the configuration in such a way that say selecting Antenna 1 is SO-239 connector 1, selecting Antenna 2 is SO-239 connector 2, selecting Antenna 3 is SO-239 connector 3, selecting Antenna 4 is SO-239 connector 2 senter conductor and SO-239 connector 3 senter conductor with a balun switched in to the circuit by  some relais to make the combined inputs of SO-239 connector 2 senter conductor and SO-239 connector 3 senter conductor a balanced input.
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