Hi all,
Speaking of cheap--I built an el-cheapo version of Measures tuner that is on
his web site. It uses 2 pieces of pvc, some number 12 wire, 1 air variable,
clip leads, a wood board base, an old ice cream bucket, and some 213 coax
for a choke balun. It is all out in the open and I can change bands in a
flash. Easily handles legal limit with no arcing and no heating. A friend
uses one like it with his pair of 4x1000 with a little bigger air variable.
I use it on all bands 80-10 with 450 ohm ladder line to a 120 foot inv vee.
I have about $15 tied up in this tuner. Yeah I know it may sound ugly and
crude but another friend has one like it and he put it in an old computer
case. He hinged one side for a flip up lid for band switching the clip
leads.
I love nice equipment as much as the next guy but I've owned and built
several "T' type tuners and they all had arcing or bad heating
problems-{excess heat tells me poor efficiency]. This tuner might not give a
perfect 1:1 match with the clip leads but it is close enough to count.
By the way I don't have rf problems in the shack or tvi with it.
73 Steve wd0ct
----- Original Message -----
From: "teamw" <teamw@quixnet.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:15 AM
Subject: [AMPS] Review of antenna tuner from Dayton
>
> 1) I found this submission quite incredible. Why would anyone in their
right
> mind with a few dollars worth of wire in a dipole with its characteristic
> narrow bandwidth spend hundreds of dollars to replace a good ATU with one
to
> handle the deficiency of the antenna?
> For a few dollars the dipole could have been broadbanded. There are plenty
> of examples in the ARRL Antenna book or some extra lengths of cheap wire
to
> make it into a cage type dipole. Another solution is to use parallel wires
> cut to different freqs. in the same band.
> Why do we just throw money at problems instead of using common sense?
>
> 2) The off topic input.- I agree with the OZ about american "nothing"
bread.
> My problem is where to get a decent cup of tea? (but the coffee's fine).
>
> AB4ET / G3KQL
>
>
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