[Elecraft] KPA1500 Tuner Question for the Group

[Rick Bates, NK7I]

The KAT500 utility will show the LC values in play after tuning (and 
caps on/not on the antenna side) .  I expect that the KPA1500 utility 
will do the same thing; I'll know more next week when I put the KPA1500 
online (the new station and shack are almost completed).

I keep the entire station, including the KPA500 and KAT500 utilities 
running 24/7/365; this allows simpler remote station operations.  Plus 
it's nice to compare the SWR on both devices (though neither has ever 
been different from the other); belt and suspenders.  I don't keep the 
amp(s) on all the time, just when I'm actively using the station.

Rick NK7I


On 4/23/2020 12:18 AM, Ignacy wrote:
> MFJ-998 seems to tune anything. I am always trembling that it will smoke, but
> for 5 years, no smoke. Even matching 80m dipole (fed by ladderline) on 40m.
>
> It has 2 outputs and keeps matches in memory. Getting it to tune at
> frequency previously tuned takes a fraction of a second. If both antennas
> were used at same frequency, tuning for one antenna automatically brings
> tune in the second. Very convenient for A/B comparisons.
>
> The tuner displays L, C and SWR.
>
> Ignacy, NO9E
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