[Elecraft] Amp or tuner / Chicken or Egg

[James Bennett]

"Don't be lazy, fix your antennas. If they aren't broken, then build
resonate antennas.  They just work the best.”

Well, not everyone has the luxury of enough real estate for a bunch of resonant antennas. When one wants to be able to operate multiple HF bands, a multi-band antenna (like a doublet), with tuner, works quite well. I, for one, would love to have several towers with resonant yagis, quads, etc. But living on a standard city lot with CCR/HOA restrictions pretty much sets a limit on what sort of antenna(s) can be erected. I use an 88 foot long doublet (skinny wire, stealthily hung in the trees) fed with home brew 600 ohm ladder line. It works great and I can operate on 60 - 6 meters with it. Without a tuner, that would not be possible.

JIm / W6JHB