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Hello...
I am looking to install either a dipole, or just a long wire, and need suffestions on a tuner. I am running an amp, 700-800 watts out max. The SGC 235 has a max input of 500 watts (no, I am not lowering the power, sorry). So, Who makes an automatic tuner that handles 1000 watts, and can be mounted outdoors, at the antenna feed-point? Sunair came to mind, any info on these, where to obtain, how to control it, etc? Any others? Harris? Thanks MW |
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A db here;
A db there; Pretty soon you can tell the difference. Especially when signals are in the noise and it makes the difference in communication occurring or not. Let us know what you find; my only experience with Sunair is in aircraft and not that much power. Certainly there must be commercial/military devices. My preference is a resonant, matched antenna and no tuner. 73 H. NQ5H "Roy Lewallen" wrote in message ... Interesting. Just the other day, we were told that 10 dB wasn't enough signal strength difference to worry about, and even ol' "Kurt Sturba" has said that a mere 18 dB isn't that big a deal. Now here we have someone who feels that an extra 1.5 to 2 dB is worth considerable trouble and expense. Just goes to show ya. Roy Lewallen, W7EL M Wilson wrote: Hello... I am looking to install either a dipole, or just a long wire, and need suffestions on a tuner. I am running an amp, 700-800 watts out max. The SGC 235 has a max input of 500 watts (no, I am not lowering the power, sorry). So, Who makes an automatic tuner that handles 1000 watts, and can be mounted outdoors, at the antenna feed-point? Sunair came to mind, any info on these, where to obtain, how to control it, etc? Any others? Harris? Thanks MW |
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Guys,
While I appreciate the banter, and the points supposedly being made, might I ask if anyone has an actual answer to my original question? All I want to do is feed a dipole or longwire without running 250 feet of ladder line across the yard, so I can cut down on my antenna farm (Dipoles, etc, all strung up from the trees). A tuner out in the yard seems like a reasonable solution. Thanks in advance. Bill wrote in message ... Roy, Don't forget that W8JI has said that "extra power" improves the signal to noise ratio. He has noted that a 1200w output to 1500w output increase made all the difference in copy vs no-copy. One doesn't hear this side of the argument very often. Bill Cook Roy Lewallen wrote: Interesting. Just the other day, we were told that 10 dB wasn't enough signal strength difference to worry about, and even ol' "Kurt Sturba" has said that a mere 18 dB isn't that big a deal. Now here we have someone who feels that an extra 1.5 to 2 dB is worth considerable trouble and expense. Just goes to show ya. Roy Lewallen, W7EL M Wilson wrote: Hello... I am looking to install either a dipole, or just a long wire, and need suffestions on a tuner. I am running an amp, 700-800 watts out max. The SGC 235 has a max input of 500 watts (no, I am not lowering the power, sorry). So, Who makes an automatic tuner that handles 1000 watts, and can be mounted outdoors, at the antenna feed-point? Sunair came to mind, any info on these, where to obtain, how to control it, etc? Any others? Harris? Thanks MW |
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M Wilson wrote:
While I appreciate the banter, and the points supposedly being made, might I ask if anyone has an actual answer to my original question? All I want to do is feed a dipole or longwire without running 250 feet of ladder line across the yard, so I can cut down on my antenna farm (Dipoles, etc, all strung up from the trees). A tuner out in the yard seems like a reasonable solution. SGC has a 500W autotuner. You might contact them and ask how much power it will handle if it was first tuned using 500W and then the power increased to ______. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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