On Wednesday, June 8, 2011 7:54:49 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:


4) The setting on the antenna tuner where a lowest SWR is tuned may
not be the same setting where the receiver receives the strongest
signal from the antenna. This quirk may be specific to my Dentron
MT-3000a tuner and it's internal factory balun.

You should always use the tuner setting that provides
an acceptable match using the least amount of inductance.
"coil turns, or wound inductor tap setting".
I think you will find that the settings that provide the
least loss, and yes, the receive noise is one way to gauge,
will correspond with the settings using the least inductance.
And the match doesn't have to be a perfect 1:1.. As long as
the rig will put out full power, it's good enough.