[Heathkit] SA-2060A Tuner Question ?

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Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:26:46 EDT


>I think I goofed......  I've been looking for a new manual type high watt
>antenna tuner.  My rig has a built-in tuner for barefoot use but I have a
>500 watt amplifier and on two bands I need to utilize an outboard tuner and
>not the one in the rig itself.

Hi Mike,

You are right as far as the bypass switch is concerned. To label it "bypass" 
is a bit misleading. The tuner however, is an exceptional unit. I use mine 
from 160m thur 6m. I have a lookup table for each band. All you need to do is 
pick a band, set three knobs, and get on the air. Not an inconvenience at all. I 
have a 100' long center fed dipole, fed with 450 ohm ladder line. With this 
setup, I need the tuner regardless of the band I'm on. During a 160m cw contest, 
I casually worked 22 states using this tuner, and antenna that is way too 
short for the band. I can get a 1:1 match on any frequency from 1.8 thru 30mc. I 
couldn't be happier with my SA-2060. Before you sell it, use it for a while. 
I'll bet you end up keeping it.

73, Ed
AA8TV