[Elecraft] K3 antenna tuner question

[Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA)]

Another thing about the K3 ATU is, that it sometimes stops at an LC combination which is NOT identical to the LC combination giving the lowest SWR. If that happens you can manually change the L or C to obtain the lowest SWR - but it is a bit cumbersome - and not what you expect from an automatic tuner. I only have this problem when it is raining (antennas are partially hidden in trees and use 450 ohm open feeder and 4:1 baluns in the shack)
73 de OZ4UN

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Fra: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] På vegne af David Ferrington, M0XDF
Sendt: 26. maj 2011 08:28
Til: k6dgw at foothill.net
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Emne: Re: [Elecraft] K3 antenna tuner question

FRed, I agree with everything you wrote, except I think you'll find CONFIG:TUN PWR control the power used when you HOLD TUNE - it controls the power used for 'key down' to tune an external ATU.
The KAT3 will use a much lower power than that for it's internal tuner I believe.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #???
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On 25 May 2011, at 23:38, Fred Jensen wrote:

> "Automatic" is a word with lots of meanings.  When it is in "AUTO" and 
> you tap ATU TUNE, it will "automatically" find a match using the power 
> you have set in CONFIG:TUN PWR.

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