Matt, while unlimited funds must be nice to have, I'll never know, I know 
people who are on 75 meters every single day with 100 watts with no 
complaints or problems except a select few who probably would pick on them 
no matter what they did. Reminds me of my days on CB radio.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners


> Matt, if you operate any 40 and/or 75 meters during the summer months, 
> 1500
> watts is very important.  I get to suffer thru trying to copy guys on both
> bands during summer on various groups, and those stations running 500 
> watts
> or less are next to impossible to hear.  Of course they aren't trying to
> copy themselves so they have no direct way of knowing just how painful it
> is.  When operating the low bands during the summer, there is no such 
> thing
> as running too much power, Hi.  I recommend getting the biggest amp that 
> you
> can physically fit in your shack.
>
> Alan - N7MIT
>
>
>
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners
>
> Hi, Butch.  Don't plan to get an amp anytime soon; may want to go up
> to about 500 watts max in the future, but certainly not 1500.--Matt, 
> N1IBB.
>
> At 11:50 AM 5/3/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>>There is no way it will be that broad banded.  A sull half wave dipole
>>will usually cover about 200 kc of the band between 2 to one points.  As
>>far as external tuners, ldg makes a good one, depends on how much power
>>you need it to handle.  If you don't have an amp, I think around the
>>$200 or less should get you something that would work.
>>73
>>Butch
>>WA0VJR
>>Node 3148
>>Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 3 May
>>2015, Matthew Chao wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, butch.  Antenna has an estimated 12-1 SWR at 3.600MHZ, but it
>> > drops to 4-1 at 3.8MHZ.  Supposed to work from 80-10 meters.--Matt,
> N1IBB.
>> >
>> > At 10:36 AM 5/3/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>> >> Remember, just because an antenna can be tuned with an etuner doesn't
>> >> mean it will radiate well.  I don't know what the swr limits are on 
>> >> the
>> >> 480, I'm a little surprised it won't tune though.  Where is the 
>> >> antenna
>> >> actually resonant and what is the swr there?
>> >> 73
>> >> Butch
>> >> WA0VJR
>> >> Node 3148
>> >> Wallace, ks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, 3 May 2015, 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >
>> >