[Elecraft] Wish I had a KAT1500

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Sold new in 1988 for $995.  Used market today about $450 to $650 
depending on condition.  Rated at 2KW with 10:1 SWR 1.8 MHz to 30 MHz.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 11/27/2018 7:21 PM, AB4IQ wrote:
> Ten Tec made the 253 automatic tuner and a friend of mine bought his in 1988
> or so and still uses it daily with his Orion II and 425 Titan.
>
> Ed.. AB4IQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty
> (W2IRT)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:40 PM
> To: 'Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP' <k2vco.vic at gmail.com>; 'Elecraft Reflector'
> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wish I had a KAT1500
>
> 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.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Regards,
> Peter Dougherty, W2IRT
> DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint
>
> www.facebook.com/W2IRT
>
> -----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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