[TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions

[Denton]

When we did some remodeling, my station got moved to a room without direct 
access to the outside, but I was able to run 400 ohm feeders thru an inside 
wall well away from other wiring...went from the inside wall, down 
underneath the house and then thru the old wooden siding for outside access. 
The hf ant is a loop fed with homebrew 600ohm feeders.
One thing I have yet to try is running a pair of 75 ohm, with both coaxal 
shields tied together, with the shields grounded in the shack...in lieu of 
the 400 ohm feeders...to the outside 600 ohm feeders.
I use a Palstar BT1500A double L balanced transmatch in the shack...that 
give me 80 thru 10 meters on the 230 ft horizontal loop with a decent match.
I don't run an afterburner...just barefoot at most 100 watt output.
Wonder if using 75 ohm satellite reciever cable will suffice for shielded 
twin lead? The run would be less that 25 ft for the shielded twin lead.
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Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:31 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Antenna Tuners...questions


> Hi,
>
> I've been considering a new antenna tuner for a new QTH.  I've been 
> considering the Ten Tec 238B, Palstar AT1500DT, and an XMatch (N4XM). 
> This will be used in conjunction with a solid state 600W amp following my 
> Orion 2.  My present tuner is a home made unit that is for a balanced 
> feedline system and at my new QTH, I won't have that luxury.
>
> If you have any comments, suggestions or recommendations, I'd appreciate 
> hearing from you.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike, WA1SEO
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