[TenTec] Zepp?

[Richards]

Yes....  so,  I try my question again:  Why does he need a balun? Why 
not just connect the tuner to the feed line and skip the balun ?

Here is why I ask:  The tuner will take itself off line whenever SWR 
exceeds some threshold and power exceeds 75 watts.   As the inquisitor 
said, he must cycle the unit off-and-back-on to resume or restart the 
tuning function.

Let's just assume for a moment the problem is NOT  CMC on the window 
line...  why not just remove the 4:1 balun and see what gives?

I hope this is no misplaced, but a serious application of Occam's Razor 
suggests to assume no balun is needed between the device and the antenna 
elements.   Why presume CMC or other problems ?   Why not just remove 
the 4:1 transformer and see if it tunes without it?

That worked in my case.  Less is more, sometimes.

Any traction?     Now where is my Teflon suit...       ;-)       ;-)

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On 9/13/2014 9:13 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
> My take is to bring the balanced line all the way inside to the tuner.
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