[Elecraft] Wish I had a KAT1500

[Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)]

I agree, Victor!

I have a newer HF-Auto which is even more problematic than the AT-Auto. The
issues for me are 40 and 80. I have a shorty forty Yagi, with about 175 kHz
between the 2:1 points. Since I normally operate in the bottom end of the
band (CW and occasionally FT8) I set the resonant point around 7040, which
makes it usable all the way to the bottom of the phone band. But on phone,
the SWR varies from 2:1 at 7128 to about 8:1 at 7300. It's equally
problematic on 80 (resonant 3575, 3:1 points 3500 to 3675 to make the
KPA-1500 happy). Above 40, and 160m, my antennas are resonant. I'd pay
anything for an auto-tuner that can handle full power, works properly every
time and uses band data, rather than RF sensing (which is how the HF-Auto
works). 

I don't have a tower that can handle a full-size/full-bandwidth 40m Yagi as
well as everything else I need up there, so I'm reliant on a tuner to make
things usable.

I remote in to my station once in a while, and I'm at a big disadvantage on
40 when I need to go on phone. I'm almost never on 80 phone (except for two
contest weekends a year) so that's not a big problem.

I can't believe that nobody in the ham community has come out with a
5kW-rated 10:1 fully automatic tuner, with everything else that's been done
lately. 

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Regards,
Peter Dougherty, W2IRT
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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Victor Rosenthal
4X6GP
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:32 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Wish I had a KAT1500

I am using an older Palstar AT-Auto automatic tuner. It has a coil and 
capacitor operated by stepper motors. When it works, it's fine; but it 
requires a lot of maintenance and fiddling. What I need is something 
that works as well as the KAT3 in my K3; quick, trouble-free, and good 
for a 10:1 SWR on HF.

Oh yes, it has to handle 1.5 kW, too.

If Elecraft would beef up the KAT500 to meet the above specs, I'd buy one.
-- 
73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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