One thing a tuner will do with a 9 to 1 SWR is to improve ones reception. 
Also, I have played with manual tuners in the past and found in practice 
they did improve my signal at the receiving station. Even with the old tube 
finals in my tempo 1. On the other hand nothing quite works as well as a 1 
to 1 SWR.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: antenna tuner


> Jerry, that vertical is fed with coax, any reflected power is absorbed in
> the coax and lost.  The antenna needs to be matched to the transceiver, 
> not
> the tuner being matched to the receiver.  You might use a tuner to extend
> the usable band width of the HV6, but not to fix your 9/1 SWR situation.
>
>