[Elecraft] [K2] auto tuner capabilities

[Chip Stratton]

While the Elecraft antenna tuners are excellent and wide range, don't be
surprised if you find wire lengths of antenna and counterpoise that they
will not get a match on for a given band. You may still find you have to
fine tune the lengths for them to work on all of your favorite bands, even
if you have used one of the widely recommended lengths to avoid half wave
end fed operation.  Results can also be strongly affected by how the wire
is deployed. At least that has been my experience with K2/KAT2 and
KX3/KXAT3, and KX2/KXAT2. But then, that is part of being a ham -
experimenting a bit to get your best results.

73
Chip
AE5KA

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Robert G Strickland <rcrgs at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I've seen and read a great deal about feeding random lengths of wire,
> usually end fed, in QRP operation. All sorts of tuners and counterpoises
> are proposed and discussed. Question: is the K2 auto tuner sufficient and
> effective in these types of situations? I'm thinking of building and
> installing one, and I'd like to know if the tuner will take care of "most"
> arrangements, or will I still need something outboard. Thanks for any and
> all comments.
>
> ...robert
> --
> Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY
> rcrgs at verizon.net.usa
> Syracuse, New York, USA
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