[Elecraft] [OT]: Antenna Tuners - one more reason

2010-04-15 Thread Al Lorona
There are many hams who dislike antenna tuners and will go to great lengths to avoid having to use one, including putting up multiple antennas, trimming antennas inch by inch, and using elaborate matching schemes involving transmission lines of various lengths and Zo. Besides the tremendous

Re: [Elecraft] [OT]: Antenna Tuners - one more reason

2010-04-15 Thread Tom W8JI
Using a tuner to get rid of BCB problems often works quite well. That's a good suggestion because most of the time it works, although there are cases where it might not work as well or can even make things worse. The typical T-network tuner is a highpass configuration and will generally

Re: [Elecraft] [OT]: Antenna Tuners - one more reason

2010-04-15 Thread Wes Stewart
. Just my HO. Wes N7WS --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Al Lorona alor...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Al Lorona alor...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [Elecraft] [OT]: Antenna Tuners - one more reason To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 12:08 AM There are many hams who

[Elecraft] OT: Antenna Tuners

2005-09-17 Thread Matt and Kelly
Until today, I've been using an Icom AT-180 antenna tuner with my IC-706MKIIG. Well, today, it gave up the ghost. Looking back, it never really did work right. I want to replace it with another auto antenna tuner (in the shack). Any suggestions? Any that will interface with the 706? Thanks