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.
>
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