Man, all this talk about tuners makes me hungry.  I think I'll go 
have a tuner sandwich! Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Chao <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sun, 3 May 2015 13:00:05 -0400
Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners

Hi, Ed.  Yeah, thanks for the tip on the tuner; I figured having 
them
both on wouldn't be a good idea.  How accessible are these 
tuners,
and how much do they cost?  Thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 10:46 AM 5/3/2015 -0600, you wrote:
Matt, yes the external tuners will match a much wider range than 
the
internal tuners.  I use a Palstar AT 2000 that does a good job.  
There are
other brands that do a good job also and some cheaper I think.  
By the way,
if you get an external tuner be sure to turn your internal tuner 
off because
they don't work well when both on.   G L.



ED K7UC
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Chao
Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 10:28 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners

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.