Hi Danny  If your tuning something with Z that high you won't get much if 
any power out.  I hope your doing well.  73
Ed  K7UC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?


> the tuner on the Icom IC-703 and 703+ will tune a good bit wider swath 
> than
> that---up to 8to1.  They don't advertise it as such, but many many owners
> have found it so.  The 703 reflector and some reviewers have instances
> outlined.  I had one of those rigs for about a year, and that tuner _is
> amazing. Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?
>
>
>> the auto tuner in a radio can't be used with an amp anyway, it would have
>> no
>> effect what so ever. The amp would still have the nice mismatch. I've
>> never
>> heard of an internal tuner, especially the relay ones that would tune
>> anything higher than 3:1 so if you want to tune something higher than 
>> that
>> you probably want something external but I'd tent to opt for an antenna
>> that's under 3:1 on the bands you use.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?
>>
>>
>>>    With all due respect, I agree with what Howard is saying here.
>>>
>>> I have found the auto-tuner in the TS480 to be very forgiving.
>>>
>>> I do use a manual tuner as well, but only when using my Ameritron Al811H
>>> amplifier, since the auto-tuner in the TS480 would probably be vaporized
>>> with the higher power level.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Looking for a blind friendly antenna tuner?
>>>
>>>
>>> What does a signal to noise ratio have to do with a tuner?
>>> The tuner in the 480 will tune anything under 8-1.  They have no idea
>>> what
>>> they are talking about!
>