Guys,

While I appreciate the banter, and the points supposedly being made,
might I ask if anyone has an actual answer to my original question?
All I want to do is feed a dipole or longwire without running 250 feet
of ladder line across the yard, so I can cut down on my antenna farm
(Dipoles, etc, all strung up from the trees). A tuner out in the yard
seems like a reasonable solution.

Thanks in advance.




Bill wrote in message ...
Roy, Don't forget that W8JI has said that "extra power" improves the
signal to noise ratio. He has noted that a 1200w output to 1500w output
increase made all the difference in copy vs no-copy. One doesn't hear
this side of the argument very often.

Bill Cook

Roy Lewallen wrote:
Interesting. Just the other day, we were told that 10 dB wasn't enough
signal strength difference to worry about, and even ol' "Kurt Sturba"
has said that a mere 18 dB isn't that big a deal. Now here we have
someone who feels that an extra 1.5 to 2 dB is worth considerable
trouble and expense. Just goes to show ya.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

M Wilson wrote:

Hello...

I am looking to install either a dipole, or just a long wire, and need
suffestions on a tuner. I am running an amp, 700-800 watts out max.
The SGC 235 has a max input of 500 watts (no, I am not lowering the
power, sorry). So, Who makes an automatic tuner that handles 1000
watts, and can be mounted outdoors, at the antenna feed-point?

Sunair came to mind, any info on these, where to obtain, how to
control it, etc? Any others? Harris?

Thanks

MW