Hey, John. Might you happen to have his email address? Thanks.--Matt.
At 10:43 AM 5/4/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>The maker of the antenna is very good at responding to emails.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 10:17 AM
>Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners
>
>
> > Matt,
> >
> > If this is a open wire feed antenna you wouldn't want to make a feed
> > line choke out of the openwire. If you had enough extra coax, you could
> > wind one in the coax at the balun, although I doubt it would really
> > help with your need to get more coverage on 80 meters.
> >
> >
> > I still think an e-mail to the guy who builds this thing in New England
> > may help. I understand he is pretty responsive. He may tell you to
> > go ahead and get a tuner, or perhaps tweak the feedline length to get
> > what you want.
> >
> > Perhaps a ham friend has an external tuner he can bring over and you can
> > see how it does in your situation. This is a pretty short antenna, and
> > you may have to give up the top of the band to get the bottom.
> >
> > Another thought is an MFJ tuner extender, which goes into the feedline
> > at the radio and has a knob that changes some value to make the
> > internal tuner see a better situation down the feedline. I forget
> > if it adds inductance, or capiticance, or whatever. Some on the list
> > have had success with this unit, others not so much.
> >
> > I've been running an MFJ 998 high power auto tuner for about 8 years
> > with no problems with up to a kw output.
> >
> >
> > 73, Steve KW3A.
> >
> >
> > On 5/4/2015 9:23 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >> Hi, Steve. Am using an UltraLight (forgive the spelling) Junior with
> >> a 4-1 balun. Would try to make an RF choke out of the feedline, but
> >> barely have enough for a little bit of slack to account for wind. No
> >> problems from about 3.8 up; it's below that where I have a
> >> problem. Aside from that, everything from 3.8 or so and up seems to
> >> work fine. Sure, I could probably get a tuner to get closer matches,
> >> but not sure if it's worth the money.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>
> >> At 02:43 PM 5/3/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>> Matt,
> >>>
> >>> Nothing wrong with an external tuner. It will probably have a better
> >>> matching range than the internal tuner, but isn't magic. Maybe contact
> >>> the antenna builder and get his advice. Perhaps some tweaking of the
> >>> antenna or feedline can save you the cost of a tuner.
> >>>
> >>> Do the other bands tune to your liking? Are you trying to go from
> >>> 3.5 to 4.0 mhz? It may be a lot to ask of a 73 foot antenna, no matter
> >>> what tuner is used.
> >>>
> >>> Good luck, Steve KW3A
> >>>
> >>> On 5/3/2015 12:28 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>>> 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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