[Elecraft] Remote Tuning for Loop?

[Dave Cole (NK7Z)]

Hi Phil,
I use a cordless phone, or a cell phone, contact the second phone, and 
tune my loop from about 100 feet for most noise.  Once you get the hang 
of it, you can hit a 1:1 almost every time...

I have a homebrew Alex Loop running now, outside, and doing WSPR.  Go to 
WSPR net, and select NK7Z, then look at the last few hours...  I got all 
sorts of DX yesterday, which you can see by looking at the last 12 hours...

If all of that fails, I will be constructing a 12 foot loop for 40, and 
building a remote tuning device out of a servo and an airplane 
controller.  I can share with you what I end yup with if you want.

73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net

On 05/12/2018 07:38 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> 
> Looks like my K2 could be orphaned for a while because the Apartment
> Management's latest  Patrol Harridan decided that my 30-foot-long
> "Emergency Antenna" (end-fed wire) from my porch to the nearest tree had
> to come down after 4 years - took a lot of looking to see it in the
> first place.  I'm not all that sad, because the way it operated, the
> outside of the coax shield was the counterpoise, bringing RF into the
> radio room that locked up my laptop if I wanted to use it for digital comms.
> 
> With that said -- I am considering an Alex-Loop which will meet the
> aesthetic requirements of the Patrol Harridan (who fortunately is
> "overlooking" the 3 J-Poles) but it is impossible for me to install the
> loop on the porch and tune it from the radio room 30 feet and two rooms
> away.  Is there any solution for a remote tuner?  Or haven't I looked
> far enough?
> 
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
> 
>  From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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