Matt, if you operate any 40 and/or 75 meters during the summer months, 1500
watts is very important.  I get to suffer thru trying to copy guys on both
bands during summer on various groups, and those stations running 500 watts
or less are next to impossible to hear.  Of course they aren't trying to
copy themselves so they have no direct way of knowing just how painful it
is.  When operating the low bands during the summer, there is no such thing
as running too much power, Hi.  I recommend getting the biggest amp that you
can physically fit in your shack.

Alan - N7MIT





Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:25 AM
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Subject: Re: Question about Auto Antenna Tuners

Hi, Butch.  Don't plan to get an amp anytime soon; may want to go up 
to about 500 watts max in the future, but certainly not 1500.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 11:50 AM 5/3/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>There is no way it will be that broad banded.  A sull half wave dipole
>will usually cover about 200 kc of the band between 2 to one points.  As
>far as external tuners, ldg makes a good one, depends on how much power
>you need it to handle.  If you don't have an amp, I think around the
>$200 or less should get you something that would work.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Sun, 3 May
>2015, Matthew Chao wrote:
>
> > Hi, butch.  Antenna has an estimated 12-1 SWR at 3.600MHZ, but it
> > drops to 4-1 at 3.8MHZ.  Supposed to work from 80-10 meters.--Matt,
N1IBB.
> >
> > At 10:36 AM 5/3/2015 -0700, you wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >