Topband: Dipole/remote tuner

[Roy Morgan]

As one reply says, and in general, remote tuners (matching units) may be totally un necessary.  To learn the truth about feed lines, and see many persistent myths about feed lines smashed, find and read 
Reflections III
by Walter Maxwell

NO, you don't have to pay $190 on Amazon. Search the web archive, or the current web and download and print for yourself. 

Do not spend money on a remote antenna tuner till you understand transmission line truth. 

Reflections III is not a 20-minute read. You will learn a LOT because there is a lot to understand. 

Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass
K1LKY68 at gmail.com

> On Nov 12, 2022, at 11:08 AM, jcjacobsen via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Looking for input from the collective knowledge of the reflector.
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> You have a wire dipole for 75 meters fed with a 1:1/5K rated balun. You want to transition to a remote tuner so you can move around 75/80 meters. 
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> The question is: Do you leave the balun in place, or remove it and feed the dipole directly from the remote tuner? We have mixed answers from the local "Population". That's why I'm coming to the reflector.
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> Please, don't be critical and ask questions like: what gauge wire, bare of covered wire, How high, yada yada yada, 
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> That's all. Thanks in advance.
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> 73  K9WN  Jake
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