[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 104, Issue 45

[Fred Smith]

I must agree tuners have come a long way. Now there are auto tuners that
will do legal limit 160-6m with ease and at least one that will go 160-10m
at 4k. These are for ham use and I'm quite pleased with my
K3/P3/KAT500/KPA500 combo a well designed and thought out unit all working
almost as one.

True integration at its best and I'm pleased every day I fire that station
up as to how well it works together. When I power-up the other K3 and amp I
know that I will wait for at least 3 min for the Alpha to be ready but the
KPA500 is ready the instant its turned on.

Happy New Year to all in this group and the people that make our fine
products at Elecraft may 2013 be filled with happiness, joy and good health.

73,
Fred/N0AZZ

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of William Levy
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 8:53 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 104, Issue 45

I have had every microprocessor driven tuner since the first Icom and SGC.
The greatest freedom comes from simply pushing the tune button. If you push
it and the tuner tunes that frequency with your antenna then that's all you
need to know. If you are in a hurry the band info is good enough.
Gentlemen, remember. We used to do this by hand. Some of us still do from
time to time. Those big amps are not really happy with small tuners. So
count your blessings. We are approaching now the same antenna tuning
technology that our Armed Forces have. What do I lust for? DC to 5 gig
bandwidth all modes 500 watts simultaneously. You can be on 80 and I can be
on 20 and someone else can do video on 2.4g and it will only take 1 box.

Happy New Year! Bill N2WL

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:07 AM, <elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> [Elecraft] KAT500: The Wisdom of the Tuner
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