[TenTec] Low Power Ten-Tec Ant Tuner ???

[Ken Brown]

> The same components may be used in the Ten Tec 
>artificial counterpoise tuner, or maybe this ground tuner could be 
>converted into an "L" network antenna tuner.
>
That is probably the best use for any "artificial ground tuner". I see 
no good reason to use an "artificial ground" that needs to be retuned 
for each band, when you can make your own multiband counterpoise out of 
a bunch of wires cut to quarter wavelengths. In a fixed location shack, 
effort should be put into more, shorter, fatter ground leads to multiple 
ground stakes. For a portable setup, or a perhaps in a rental which does 
not allow wires through walls or windows, using counterpoise wires in 
the shack may be the only option. A ground tuner for how much $ ? You 
could buy a 500 foot spool of 14 AWG stranded insulated wire for the 
same $ and have a quarter wavelength counterpoise wire for every band, 
with wire left over. No need to retune your ground when changing bands.

DE N6KB