[Antennas] MFJ 986 antenna tuner

Dan Richardson k6mhe at arrl.net
Mon Jan 31 20:01:32 EST 2005


At 04:25 PM 1/31/2005, Allen wrote:

>I have an MFJ986 Differential T Tuner which works very well on all bands 
>except 17 metres. For some reason it will not tune any
>antenna to a workable SWR on this band. Has anyone else run into this 
>problem or know of a modification for it please??

It would appear that the transmission line length and antenna impedance 
presented to your tuner is out of its tuning range. I suggest that you add 
or remove a few feet to the transmission line ant try again.

73
Danny, K6MHE


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