FW: Re: [Antennas] balanced ant tuner question

Wed Dec 21 06:28:45 EST 2005

HI , I use a KW Balanced ATU as it has no builtin meter i bought an AVAIR 
twin needle SWR Meter
and it work's great . The rig is a TS 570D and Aerial is a 20m Dipole (at 
the moment)
i will be changing that in the New Year for a 67ft Doublet with 45ft feeder 
.
Patrick GW1SXN
>From: "David J Windisch" <davidjw at cinci.rr.com>
>To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Antennas] balanced ant tuner question
>Date: 2005年12月21日 06:05:16 -0500
>>Buy 2 identical tuners (eg MFJ986) and a *stout* balun of your choice. Put 
>the VSWR meter at the balun input and feed each tuner with one of the balun 
>outputs. Connect load between tuner outputs, and tune bedsprings to 
>whatever to your heart's content. As you get more experienced, it'll get 
>easier to do with only two hands ;o)
>MC, HNY, 73,
>Dave, N3HE
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "RB" <rbig at bellsouth.net>
>To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:38 AM
>Subject: [Antennas] balanced ant tuner question
>>>I'd like to go to Rich Measures Double Balanced tuner for my ladderline fed 
>dipole.
>>However, I'm not sure how to know what is going on with it, as the circuit 
>doesn't have an SWR meter (can't really, as the circuit inside the box is 
>balanced).
>>Maybe dual RF ammeters on the output and tune for max out?
>>Or, an SWR meter between the rig and tuner.
>>What's the best way to go here?
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