[TowerTalk] 80M and 160M Matching Network

[Jim Brown]

On 5/1/2011 7:29 AM, Gary Slagel wrote:
> Its got the 160M coil at the base but I don't care for that system for 160 because you have to manually switch between 160 and 80.

If you use BIG coax (RG8, RG213), the loss on 80 and 160M is VERY small, 
even with a fairly high SWR. Unless you're tuning an vertical that's 
exactly a half wave, you can use a good tuner in the shack. I've done 
that with a vertical, and it worked fine.  The Ten Tec 229 and 238 
tuners are good for this application.

73, Jim K9YC