"Bill Horne, W1AC" wrote in message
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Newby wrote:
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I am looking to buy an antenna tuner and would appreciate suggestions
and/or
recommendations from the group. I will use it with a Yaesu FT-897D and
an
ICOM 706IIG.


Newby,

Please send us more details on your antenna(s): the type and size of
tuner will depend on the type(s) and size(s) of antenna(s) you're using
or planning.

While a "Garden Variety" tuner may be OK for a coax-fed dipole if it's
near to resonance, other feedlines and an antenna further from resonance
will need a more robust design.

Of course, some tuners have switching for multiple antennas, and some
don't, so let us know if you're using a single cloudburner, or multiple
skyhooks.

[snipped]

Bill W1AC


All good questions which is why I came to the group for advice.

Don't have the antenna(s) yet.

I am looking for a "more robust" design that will tune almost anything, an
automatic tuner rather than a manual one, and don't need switching between
multiple antennas.

73.