[Elecraft] Product Idea for Elecraft

[David Bunte]

I find the tread about the Elecraft, vs other tuners to be interesting.  I
have a K3 with the internal tuner.  I also have the KAT500.  I have
thousands of QSOs on those devices, and the tuners ALWAYS go back to the
memorized setting so fast I may sometimes not even notice that it
changed... but when I gift it RF I see that the SWR is right where I hoped
it would be.  My experience was exactly the same with the KX3 that I
borrowed from a friend in the Summer of 2013, when I made hundreds of QSOs
on 80 through 10 meters into a 125' end fed wire.

I have far less experience with LDG or SGC tuners, but if you have an
Elecraft tuner that does not do the job almost instantly, then I suspect
there is something wrong, either in the setup, the initial training of the
tuner, or in the device itself.

If a person wants an external tuner of Elecraft quality, I suggest getting
the KAT500.  It is more money than tuners rated for less power, but I have
a friend who got one to use with his IC756ProIII and an SGC amp.  It
replaced his LDG-1000 PRO which fried (for reasons I am not aware of).  I
felt that the KAT500 matched his antennas better and faster than the
internal tuner in the '756... but admit, that may have been prejudice on my
part... I am the one who talked him into the KAT500.

73 to all,

Dave - K9FN



On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Gregory Schippers <kc8hxo2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nate- OP referenced tuner in kX3, not K3. The KX3 tuner is noticeably
> faster, in my experience. Also, my experience with the SGC line of auto
> couplers is such that I think that niche is well filled at the moment, but
> I am sure an Elecraft product would make improvements. ;-)
> Greg in West Mitten, KC8HXO
> K3  #270
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>
> > Actually, I am of the opposite opinion and rate my LDG AT-200Pro above
> > the internal tuner of my K3.  When I return to a previously tuned band
> > frequency on the LDG all I hear are a click or two and it is there.  The
> > K3's tuner rattles and carries on for quite a bit longer seemingly
> > needing to find the match all over again as though there is no memory in
> > the tuner.  The K3 tuner is still reasonably fast, but just annoying
> > that it seems to go through the whole cycle when changing bands on an
> > antenna previously used.
> >
> > 73, Nate, N0NB
> >
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