I like my MFJ 993B tuner, although it's probably old iron by now.  It 
remembers the setting for a given frequency range, and tunes automatically, 
and it has real buttons on the front, not visual menu items, although I 
think there are some, but I don't need them.

Howard's point about having the tuner at the antenna is a good one, and I'm 
interested in hearing more about these tuners.  I wonder though if the 
interference caused by having an untuned rig and length of coax is more than 
tuning the antenna at the rig?
--
Jim, KE5AL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Good auto antenna tuner


Well, the tuner matches what's in front of it to what is behind it.  with
the new technology and moisture proof boxes, its worth considering, since
having the tuner at the base of the antenna should transfer the most power
to the radiator, instead of the radiator and coax.  I doubt if this would
work for a balanced fed antenna.
The QRP folks here may have better info on this idea.
I don't think that their are high power remote tuners, but 100 watts can be
done.