[Elecraft] The next generation KAT500

[Larry Phipps]

Funny you should say that, Andy ;-) Before LP-100 was a wattmeter, the 
basic circuit was used by me to tune the DE and reflector of a mini-beam 
project that I was working on at the time.

Regards,
Larry N8LP



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> The next generation KAT500 should measure the complex load impedance, including the sign of X, compute the L and C required to match, and plug in those values as the initial tuning solution.  Why wouldn't this approach be better than flailing around in the dark like most auto tuners seem to do?
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> I doubt this will ever happen but the idea of combining the KAT500, LP-100A, and an Arduino controller to implement this "smart" tuner keeps banging around in my head.   Maybe one day I'll give it a try.
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> 73,
> Andy, k3wyc
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