>
>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.
/\ Nor did I Steve - provided that the earth/ground for the tuner is
separate from all other grounds.
>
cheers
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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