[Elecraft] KAT500 Accolades

[Vic Rosenthal]

I wish Elecraft made a 1.5 kW version!

Vic 4X6GP

> On 11 Dec 2016, at 05:03, Tim Cook <nz8j at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> I've experimented with many auto tuners over the years many different
> companies and always had issues of one type or another that led to them not
> being a satisfactory solution. I live on a small lot and my compromise
> antenna  (for bands other that 10/15/20)  is a 110 Ft long dipole fed with
> about 30 feet of 300 ohm line through a 1:1 W2FMI balun.  The KAT500 is the
> first tuner that will tune (at least make my transceiver happy) on all
> bands. After "training" it on all bands and segments, it will "snap" into a
> tuned condition immediately upon hitting the key or talking on SSB. I used
> it in the recent ARRL 160 contest and it worked great.  I bypassed the balun
> and tied the feed line together and operated it against ground. I never once
> had to touch the tuner, it just tuned as I moved up and down the band and
> called the stations. A bit of a cloud warmer for sure, but managed 240 qso's
> with the dipole up about 28 feet.
> 
> 
> 
> I just wanted to let others who might be in the same situation as I am in
> know how well the tuner works. I use the KPA500 amp at about 300 watts or so
> and this setup works great. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Tim
> 
> NZ8J
> 
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