[TowerTalk] Arcing tuner on 160M

[Tom Osborne]

K7GCO@aol.com wrote:

>       Your 160 m antenna load is creating high voltages in the >tuner that is causing the arcing.  

You have to also remember that using a 160 meter dipole that is
close to the ground, 40-50 feet, the impedance can be very low,
sometimes in the order of 4-5 ohms.  That is almost a dead short
across the tuner. That in itself can cause arcing.  73
Tom W7WHY

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