[Amps] Autotuner for Amp Input

[Lee Buller]

Hi Folks....

I am in the process of connecting parts for my homebrew amp and have been 
struggling with finding a Band Switch.  I have several out of an old WWII Tuner 
that would work.  I want a switch to do both the output and the input at the 
same time.  Rather expensive and somewhat hard to find.  I was thinking that I 
would have to have two switch to change per band...after all...it is homebrew.

But, I picked up the ARRL Handbook this morning on the way to the "reading room" 
and saw a project that used a commercial auto tuner to do the job of the input 
matching.  It is an LDG autotuner they sell without a box.  I thought this was a 
good idea.  It will auto tune with a little RF power...has 4000 memories, so 
once it has been around the block some it remembers everything.  Does not need a 
switch.

Have any of you used the method?  Seems to have worked for the author of the 
article in the Handbook.

Lee - K0WA


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