[Elecraft] K4 Lore

[Rick Tavan]

Ed K1EP mentioned that the K4 ATU is a cost-extra option on all K4 models.
This is as it should be. If you have an external tuner in the shack or at
the antenna or a tuner integrated into an amplifier that's always in line
(or in Standby with the tuner enabled) or if all your antennas are well
matched, you wouldn't want to pay Elecraft for a tuner inside K4 that you
wouldn't be using. OTOH if, like me, you sometimes take your K4 to the
field or operate it at a shack where there is no external auto-tuner, then
the K4 ATU option is delightful. IMHO, Elecraft made some good decisions on
what to include as standard and what to "optionalize" in K4.

/Rick N6XI

On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 7:16 AM Ed K1EP <k1ep.list at gmail.com> wrote:

> No. Extra on all versions.
>
> reply to: K1EP at arrl.net
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> On Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 09:58 Richard <FlatHat at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Does the basic plain vanilla K4 have a built-in antenna tuner? I'm
> > guessing no.
> >
> > Richard Kunc ~ W4KBX
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Rick Tavan
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