[Elecraft] KATxxx Remote Tuner

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

I agree. Match the antenna, whatever the Z may be, to the feed line.   This is most efficiently done at the antenna feed-point.   

However with good loss coax on HF, matching at the transmitter end is easier and less complex and less expensive.  

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Apr 19, 2020, at 4:13 PM, W2xj <W2xj at w2xj.net> wrote:
> 
> You can get an AT-615B from Array Solutions now and do this. I put 10 in a club station for our various wire arrays. They do everything you need.
> 
> BTW I disagree about this 50 Ohm antenna thing. In my world of commercial high powered broadcasting 30 MHz and under, there are almost never resonant, matched 50 ohm arrays.  
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>> On Apr 19, 2020, at 8:41 AM, Richard Thorne <rthorne at rthorne.net> wrote:
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>> 
>> 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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