On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:19:44 -0700, Denny wrote:

Woody,
you have received plenty of advice... Let me simplify if I may..

The tuner has to sit within reach usually, so that means the end of
the long wire drops down into the shack to the tuner, no coax
involved... No baluns, etc. are needed or advised...

On certain bands the case of the antenna tuner is likely to bite you
when you touch it and the rig also The cure for this is to run a
quarter wave radial for each band from the ground terminal of the
tuner...
The SGC-237 keeps the bite outside with the antenna. No RF in the
shack! It does need a source of 12 Volts to power it. There may be
less expensive auto tuners but I am really tired of having to buy
cheaper models only to eventually buy the top of the line...

John Ferrell W8CCW
"Life is easier if you learn to
plow around the stumps"