[TowerTalk] Antenna Tuner

[Tom Rauch]

> Date:          Tue, 07 Apr 1998 10:14:49 -0400
> From:          Steve Brown <sjb@fuse.net>


> have heard good reports on the nye unit, however the expense of that product
> was prohibitive. would enjoy learning what you decided to go with. good luck,
> sjb n8wt
> 
> Elliott Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on the suitability, construction
> > and performance of  multi-KW antenna tuners available today on the
> > market?  Nye, Vectronics, MFJ, etc.  Considering the purchase of a tuner.

Ameritron should be releasing a new tuner soon. I designed the tuner, 
and sent them the prototype a few months back.

It features an edge wound silver-plated roller coil (measured Q~300 
the highest on the market!), gear driven turns counter, high 
capacitance in the caps (for better power handling on low bands), 3 
KW TRUE peak reading (or average) meter, and other features.

The unit should retail for about 550 bucks. That isn't cheap, but 
it's a very nice piece that easily handled 3 kW for hours on end 
during test sessions.

73, Tom W8JI
w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com

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