[TowerTalk] In Shack Tuner Vs. Remote Tuner for Multi-Band Antennas

[Jim Brown]

On 5/2/2014 4:45 PM, Tony wrote:
> Need some advise on getting the best performance out of a multi-band 
> (80 through 20) wire antenna and tuner.

The best performing horizontal antenna, by far, would be a fan dipole 
with one element per band, fed with coax. You get a predictable pattern, 
the antennas are close to resonance on each band, so don't need heroic 
efforts to match them to your rig, and they are cheap and easy to build.

See the tutorials about "Antennas For Limited Space" at 
k9yc.com/publish.htm  On the same webpage, there's a new Power Point 
that I presented for the first time tonight to the Palo Alto club about 
how to decide between a vertical or horizontal for YOUR QTH, based on 
ground conditions, availability of skyhooks, your budget, and what you 
want to work.

73, Jim K9YC