I'm sorta surprised you would need to match it, if it's a
1/4 wave...I think your match in the real world, would
be better than on paper...I've never had to "match" a
1/4 wave here, L or straight.... But.....if I did, I would
just slap the tuner inline...On that band, any mismatch
would have to be large to give a high line loss. That
won't be the case for you just going from one part of
the band to another...Also, you should be able to get
a better match than 1.7:1, just by tweaking the wire
length.
MK