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Re: [Amps] Antenna tuner loss

To: Dan Hearn <n5ardxcc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Antenna tuner loss
From: Shon Edwards <sre.1966@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 11:26:03 -0600
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Thanks Dan.  That's been my experience, at least I've always believed it.
With some of my antennas, I can't even get them to tune up on the low
bands, even though they're "rated" for it.  Even though the bandwidth is
narrow.  Shon, K6QT

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Dan Hearn <n5ardxcc@gmail.com> wrote:

> ARRL tested  some popular commercial antenna tuners and reported the
> results in QST as follows. They covered 160-10 and various loads. All were
> quite lossy on the low bands with low Z loads.
>
> February, 2003
> Product Reviews
> High Power Antenna Tuners:
> • AMERITRON ATR-30
> • MFJ-986
> • PALSTAR AT1500CV
> • TEN-TEC 238A
> • VECTRONICS HFT-1500
>
> --
> Dan Hearn
> N5AR
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Shon R. Edwards,
Amateur call:  K6QT
1039 N 2575 W
Layton, UT, 84041-7709
USA
e-mail:  sre.1966@gmail.com
phone:  (801) 444-3445
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