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>Straight from the designer's mouth, as it were. Good to know the
>internal tuner's limitations. So, with that in mind, will mull over
>all the advice you guys gave me regarding external tuners. Hope
>this helps the rest of the list. Thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.
>Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 14:27:09 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
>From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Poor SWR on Lower Band, Hard to Fix
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>Hi Matt
> The internal tuner can handle SWR of 3:1 or less and in all Multi
> Band Antennas it will be higher in some parts of most of the bands.
> I use a MFJ 929 also a MFJ 993 both auto tuners and will tune
> everywhere I have tried. Good Luck !! Joe
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>-------Original Message-------
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>From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Matthew Chao
>Date: 5/4/2015 11:57:03 AM
>To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>Subject: Poor SWR on Lower Band, Hard to Fix
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>Hi, Joe. My name is Matthew Chao (callsign N1IBB), and I bought and
>installed your Ultralite Junior, which I like a lot. I have it
>hooked up to a Kenwood TS480SAT which has its own auto antenna tuner.
>
>The antenna is strung between two trees and my house. It has a 4-1
>balun running into the ladder line. My problem is that I'm unable to
>tune up between 3.525-3.85MHZ. Additionally, because of the nature
>of the installation, I can't mess around with the feedline much. How
>might I get the lower coverage? Will an external auto tuner do the
>trick? I'm looking at this possible solution because I am totally
>blind, and therefore can't use a manual tuner.
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>Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have in solving this
>problem.--Matt Chao, N1IBB.
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