[TenTec] T tuner (transmatch) losses?

[Al Scanandoah]

I've never had much success with getting my old EFJ Matchbox to play
well for me on 30m, even with moving the tap points on the input - there
was always too much heat and too high a VSWR.

The best solution I've found for 160-30m is a balanced matching network
with a pair of roller inductors and a 1000 pF variable cap, with an
additional 2000 pF to switch in for 160.  I tend to run more QRP than
100w (never more than that), so every fraction of a dB of loss reduction
certainly helps.

73 - Al, K2ZN