On 13 Dec 2004 04:11:07 -0800, "
wrote:

Hello
Thank you for that link..I was not aware of those products!..Maybe I
should subscribe to the RSGB magazine, Hi .
I don't like MFJ products and the Palstars are very expensive. I will
seriously look at the Linear Amp products.
Do you have any experience with them, or know where I can get a product
review?
Thanks!

I think you're going to have to make a choice between mfj products
with "okay" components and reasonable prices, versus much higher
prices for a Palstar (or Linear Amp) tuner with deluxe components like
they used in the old days. There's not much in between.

FWIW, my "wretched" mfj 989c T-type tuner easily gives a 1:1 match on
an 80 meter-w/ladderline dipole on all bands between 80 & 10 meters.
Mfj also makes a couple of balanced-line tuners, one in the $200
range, and the other in the $500 range.

THe only alternative I know, Ten Tec sells their variable caps and
variable inductors that they use in their tuner as open stock items.
You could breadboard your own tuner with one of the easily obtainable
circuits on the internet for a balanced design. (Do a Google on
Richard Measures.)

Surplus Sales of Nebraska also has a plethora of variable caps &
inductors...

bob
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