[Elecraft] KATxxx Remote Tuner

[ab2tc]

Hi Rich,

I totally agree with your last statement about the tuner placement.

I can't answer for Eric and Wayne and I am sure they will chime in in due
time. I haven't heard of any plans to introduce a weatherproofed version of
any of their tuners.

But the KAT500 is very easy to remote control and weatherproofing it with a
suitable enclosure is not rocket science either. I have been doing this for
about as long as the KAT500 has been in existence. My tuner is at the end of
a 100' buried LMR400DB cable and the only other cable is 120V power.
Communications is WiFI using a WiFi serial server from Lantronix. Then I
just use the KAT500 utility for controlling it. There is a few pictures of
the installation here:

http://ab2tc.com/

I have more pictures and other information, screenshots etc, if you contact
me via E-mail. My E-mail address is OK on qrz.com and it is easily guessable
anyway, hi.

You're mentioning controlling it via the coax. I am sure that using your
coax for a MoCa link is possible but it may be more trouble than it is
worth. I don't think MoCa bridges capable of withstanding 100's of watts of
RF are commercially available. While MoCa doesn't intentionally use HF there
might be lots of noise there interfering with your reception.
 
AB2TC - Knut


Richard Thorne-4 wrote
> Eric/Wayne,
> 
> Has there been any work done for a potential dedicated remote antenna
> tuner?
> 
> A remote tuner that could handle 500 or 1500 watts to match up with amps
> power wise (Or just a barefoot K3/K4). Maybe a black box between the LAN
> on the K4 or ACC on the K3 so control signals could be sent to the tuner
> via the coax.
> 
> I’m a firm believer in 50 ohm matched antennas, but if a tuner is required
> it needs to be at the feed point.
> 
> Rich - N5ZC
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