[Elecraft] KATxxx Remote Tuner

[W2xj]

you get what you pay for. 

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> On Apr 19, 2020, at 5:58 PM, Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> At a “mere” $3K each, the AT-615B might be a great product, but is hardly what I would call a universally accessible solution … 
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> Grant NQ5T
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>> On Apr 19, 2020, at 5:13 PM, W2xj <W2xj at w2xj.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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,
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>>> 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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