[Elecraft] KAT500 Performance Clarification

[Phil Hystad]

Ignacy,

I have a 1:1 balun as well and I have experimented with both.  They sit right next to each other under the eve on the side of my house so switching back and forth between the 1:1 and 4:1 is a 5 minute task where the first 4 minutes is just getting the latter to reach up to where they are located.  The 4:1 balun seems to work the best in this case.

phil


On Jan 23, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Ignacy <no9e at arrl.net> wrote:

> Many tuners tried to match anything. At the borderline most of the power
> stays in toroids and the tuner smokes.  
> 
> Perhaps KAT500 like MFJ-998 reduces the matching range at higher power.
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> You may try 1:1 balun. I use MFJ-998 at KW level with 80m ladderline and 1:1
> balun. No problem matching 160-80m. On higher bands almost all bands matched
> with homemade 1:1 balun but fewer with heavy-duty 1:1 commercial balun.
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> Ignacy
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