[Elecraft] Tuning Random-Length Wire Antenna with K3 Internal Tuner??

[Mister Mike]

That is pretty much what I thought.  I will have to read the fine manual and see how the automatic tuner works.  Picked up this K3 in a swap deal a while back but I am still pretty much stuck ( happily) in the Collins KWM-2/S-Line “Stone Age” so I need time and patience (lots) to figure how to use these marvelous appliance radios. 

In any event I have a MAC-200 made by SGC who make pretty darn good tuners which I can use but that is another box to take along if I do a road trop.

73 to all....

Michael, W1RC

> On Dec 12, 2020, at 6:37 PM, donovanf at erols.com wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> 
> Its not wise to use the K3 antenna tuner to tune a random wire.
> A truly random wire can easily produce VSWR greater than 10:1
> which is likely to damage the K3 tuner when running at full
> K3 output power.
> 
> Its much wiser to use an external tuner with a random wire
> 
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Mister Mike
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 9:42 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Tuning Random-Length Wire Antenna with K3 Internal Tuner??
> 
> What is the best way to do this?  I am not familiar with automatic tuners.