The Palstar is an excellent external automatic antenna tuner, but it is
quite pricy for many people. As less expensive alternatives, both MFJ and
LDG also sell excellent external automatic antenna tuners that are very
accessible. At least two of us have LDG tuners and Tom has one of the MFJ
tuners, and as far as I know, we all like our tuners quite well. 


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 12:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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.