[Elecraft] auto-tuner needs more radio output to tune

[Bill Frantz]

I also think a tuner designed to be placed at the antenna feed 
point is a good idea. Power over the coax to the station would 
eliminate the need to lower the antenna to change batteries. For 
a real Elecraft tuner, it would communicate over the coax with a 
box in the station which would talk to Elecraft rigs and to 
produce the functionality of a on-board tuner or the KAT500.

(A separate comm line would be OK, but I'm going for maximum elegance.)

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 10/15/13 at 6:20 AM, acatan at wi.rr.com (Andrew Catanzaro) wrote:

>I tried several years ago to convince Wayne of the utility of 
>offering a remote antenna tuner with the Elecraft name on it.  
>The T1 doesn't quite fill the bill.  Something that's weather 
>resistant and that will run on internal batteries.  150 watt 
>capability with SWR's as high as 10:1.  Option of coax or 
>single post voltage output, similar to the Icom AH-4.  
>Autosense high SWR's and tune functions.  I'd buy one in a 
>minute as I enjoy Elecraft's quality and creative products.

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