Topband: Tuner ??? on 160

[Chris G3SVL]

At 22:37 12/12/2008, Shelby Summerville wrote:
>Without knowing, or needing to know, any of the technical details, I can
>attest that my XMatch has had absolutely none of problems, previously
>described. I'm using a sloper, approximately 120' long, mounted
>approximately 45' on the tower, and, using my XMatch I can cover the entire
>160 meter band, and run legal limit power.
>http://n4xm.myiglou.com/

Shelby,

The reason you do not have problems with your XMatch is more to do 
with your antenna than your tuner. Your set up presents a fairly easy 
to match impedance on 160m and thus does not stress your tuner unduly.

The technical (like it or not) factors that are important are the 
range of complex impedances that a tuner can match and the maximum 
voltages and currents it can tolerate.  It is because these tend 
towards less favourable levels on 160m antennas that we need to beef 
up the components in our topband tuners, as others have said.  XMatch 
may well do that, but your set up does not prove it.

73 Chris, G3SVL