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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >