Ron,
I replaced my kt34a with a T8, some years ago.
It played about the same, but got me 17 and 12m.
No tuning required. under 2:1 across all bands. I MIGHT have suffered
a small reduction in f/b on 20m, but nothing consequential.
When a falling tree wiped out the tower and antenna, I replaced the t8
with a 3 el SteppIR. Definite upgrade.
At the time, the relative prices were closer... $400 for the T8 and
$1k for the steppIR.
The gap is somewhat wider today.
A t6 won't give you the f/b you have with the kt34a. But you won't
have the maintenance
or tuning issues. As someone else observed, the Tennadyne logs are
pre-drilled, no
adjustment required.
N2EA
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