[Elecraft] K4 Lore

[John Nicholson]

Yes and no; both the IC-7610 and FTdx101 models include an internal tuner without an optional charge. 

John K7FD

> On Jun 3, 2021, at 9:23 PM, Rick Tavan <rick at tavan.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>>> 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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