[TowerTalk] OT ?? - Manual tuners

Tom Osborne w7why at frontier.com
Sat Nov 27 10:17:22 PST 2010


Hi Jim --
I think the rule of thumb is, if you have a choice of tuning
configurations, the one with more capacity and less inductance is
the preferred one.  Seems like I also remember reading that if
there's a choice on where to add the capacity, the preferred
choice is on the output (antenna side).

Hi all

I *thought* I read somewhere that less capacitance is better because there 
is less chance of arcing the capacitor (especially if you are running high 
power on the lower bands).  Maybe that was an old wives tale or something. 
Learn something new every day.  73
Tom W7WHY



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