[Elecraft] [KX3] KXAT3 versus T1 ?

[Ian White]

Why not turn it all around? If you use a manual ATU at the base of the
antenna, you could remotely control the TX instead using a cheap
315/433MHz "wireless remote" (eBay).
 

73 from Ian GM3SEK


>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
>bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad
>Sent: 31 March 2014 16:47
>To: Wayne Burdick
>Cc: Tord; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] KXAT3 versus T1 ?
>
>Wayne ---
>
>This is all new news to me about remote operation of the T1.  Actually,
I
>never thought of it.  I have a T1, I have a KX3 with the built-in
tuner, and I
>also have a KX1 and I have normally used the T1 with my KX1.
>
>For portable ops, I have strung up make-shift 20-meter dipole antennas
up
>in a tree but because of all kinds of factors and environment, the
match is
>not that good usually.  The idea of using a T1 at the match point and
then
>remote controlled should make QRP ops much better with the coax
feedline
>losses being much lower.
>
>So, is this a reasonable thing to try?  Sometimes, the distance to the
make-
>shift antenna from a picnic bench (for example) is 50 feet or so and I
always
>use 75 foot of coax.  I usually don't try ladder line for lower losses
because
>often the feed line is running along the ground for awhile.
>
>73, phil, K7PEH
>