OH BROTHERS; THAT'S ALMOST AS  BAD AS SOME OF MY JOKES!!!!


On 5/3/2015 1:39 PM, Jim Gammon wrote:
> Man, all this talk about tuners makes me hungry.  I think I'll go
> have a tuner sandwich! Jim WA6EKS
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthew Chao <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sun, 3 May 2015 13:00:05 -0400
> Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners
>
> Hi, Ed.  Yeah, thanks for the tip on the tuner; I figured having
> them
> both on wouldn't be a good idea.  How accessible are these
> tuners,
> and how much do they cost?  Thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.
>
> At 10:46 AM 5/3/2015 -0600, you wrote:
> Matt, yes the external tuners will match a much wider range than
> the
> internal tuners.  I use a Palstar AT 2000 that does a good job.
> There are
> other brands that do a good job also and some cheaper I think.
> By the way,
> if you get an external tuner be sure to turn your internal tuner
> off because
> they don't work well when both on.   G L.
>
>
>
> ED K7UC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Chao
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 10:28 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners
>
> Hi, Folks.  I have a TS480SAT which has a built-in auto tuner.
> Had
> one of my ham buddies come over and test the setup he and his
> buddies
> put up, an UltraLight Junior dipole strung between two trees and
> my
> house.  We noticed that on 3.550MHZ, we were getting 4-1 SWr,
> egen
> though the antenna can go down that far - 80-10 meters.  Above
> 3.8MHZ, the antenna tunes up.
>
> My question is:  if I buy an external auto tuner, will I have
> more
> flexibility in getting a match.  Are the the built-in tuners mor
> limited than the external ones?  And what accessible tuner would
> you
> recommend if there is a difference?Thanks in advance.--Matt,
> N1IBB.
>


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