[TowerTalk] Auto tuners, Baluns and open wire feeders

[Wes Stewart]

Think about that for a minute.  The tuner weighs something and requires DC 
power,  Do you want to suspend a few pounds of weight + wind load + coax + power 
cable + balun(s) at the center of a horizontal wire?

Wes  N7WS


On 7/17/2018 2:34 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> I’ll display my benighted state by asking a question: why not place an 
> auto-tuner at the feed point of the doublet? That way, the feed line is flat 
> and the doublet can be any length, assuming impedance say desired frequencies 
> are in tang of the tuner. Then, add common mode chokes at the  auto-tuner 
> input and anywhere else desired. Won’t that do the job?
>
> Kim N5OP