[Elecraft] Vedr: KAT500 update

[Martin Storli - LA8OKA]

Hi Don.
 
I think you misunderstood me, because with my suggestion you will have 3 SO-239 conectors, but you have the choise to use two of them for a ballanced feeder. That should give anybody a good flexibility.

Martin Storli 
LA8OKA
Oslo, Norway 

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 Fra: Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
Til: Martin Storli - LA8OKA <arcticpeak at yahoo.no> 
Kopi: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sendt: Torsdag, 8. desember 2011 14.46
Emne: Re: [Elecraft] Vedr:  KAT500 update
 
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.
>