On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 19:21:27 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Chuck Olson wrote:
The tuner doesn't reduce efficiency - -

There's no such thing as a 100% efficient tuner.


I realize that a tuner is not 100% efficient, but when I hook up my 80
meter dipole and listen on 20 meters (the wire is fed with coax), the
signals are stronger when tuned thru the tuner rather than direct from
the antenna. Not to mention that when I transmit, the radio is
operating on reduced power with the dipole direct. I realize that
there is considerable loss in my coax (I am using garbage and know it)
and that I am taking a loss thru the tuner, but it is a better option
than direct thru the coax alone.




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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW