I don't know how stealthy you want the antenna to appear. I have great luck 10
thru 40 with RG213, no tuner and a used Gap Eagle. Investment in antenna was
only $99 and you should be able to match that.
Not crazy about anything but a very good tuner. Losses can be unacceptable.
Dave
WA3MKB
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From: CATFISHTWO@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 3/5/2007 8:33:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> tentec-request@contesting.com writes:
>
> A steppIR smaller (10
> thru 20 meter ) vertical mounted on the shack roof or one of those fiber
> glass push up poles clamped to the back yard fence and about 25 feet of wire
> over to the roof of the shack and one of the new MFJ 926 tuners or an SGC
> 230. That should give me 10 thru 40 meters. But I am concerned with power
> loss in the tuner. My main interest are PSK31, CW and Rtty. With only 20
> watts to start with how much can I expect to loose in the tuner? Please
> reply to
> n5wmqmail@comcast.net
>
> thank you
> David
>
>
>
> ==========================================
>
> with the steppir vert you do not need a tuner for 6-20 meters. just tune the
> antenna. I run a 3 ele, steppir 6-20 beam, best antenna I ever owned
>
> tom N6AJR
>
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