[Elecraft] KPA500 Multiple Antenna Option

[Jim Brown]

On 7/10/2011 9:55 PM, RLVZ at aol.com wrote:
> I'd love to see the KPA500 companion Antenna Tuner have a minimum  of 5
> antenna outputs which can be controlled automatically via  the K3.

Antenna switching by an antenna tuner is a wonderful thing if the signal 
flow also allows bypassing of the tuner for any given output.  This is 
how the Ten Tec 229 and 238 tuners are designed, and is one of their 
most important design features (in addition to the fact that they are 
excellent electrically and pretty good mechanically).  That said, five 
outputs and the switching for them could be tough to fit into a small 
package.  An important benefit of doing so would be memorized settings 
per antenna per band.

73, Jim K9YC