[Elecraft] [K2] Tuning a magloop with KAT100

[Rick WA6NHC]

Yup, I can relate to that too.  For exactly the same reason, it is a 
highly compromised miniature antenna.  I have the model 100 on my 
truck.  But I keep a manual tuner and all band dipole with feed lines 
and a CCM in the RV... except most of the time the trees are too short 
to be of value.  :-\

Rick nhc

On 11/30/2015 3:46 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I had the same experience with the Little Tarheel II on my 4Runner. I 
> was running S&P on 80 meters and as I swept the band, every time I 
> sent my call to a new station, I was also peaking up the antenna tuning.
>
> There's a nice article in the latest QEX on automatically tuning these 
> kinds of antennas. "Using an Arduino to Automatically Tune an MFJ-1788 
> Magnetic Loop Antenna and Elecraft KX3 Transceiver" Elwood Downey, 
> WB0OEW (November-December, 2015).
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV
>
> On 11/30/15 at 11:35 AM, wa6nhc at gmail.com (Rick WA6NHC) wrote:
>
>> ... is so narrow that typical S&P ops are rather challenging, you're 
>> never tuned for that new frequency.  As one that changes bands often 
>> and quickly, it would severely hamper how I operate.  Tuning requires 
>> patience and time on the lower bands, even a 20 KHz frequency change 
>> requires retuning.
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