[ICOM] Icom AH-4 Wire Tuner any good?

[Michael P. Olbrisch]

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> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Ron Hashiro
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:20 PM
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> Subject: [ICOM] Icom AH-4 Wire Tuner any good?
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> AES has a special on the AH4 for $230.  Is the
> tuner any good?  Any particular application(s)
> that stand out?

Depends what you want to do.  I have not used a -4, but I have used the -3
extensively.  The difference is 160-10m on the -3 and 80-6m on the -4.

I took a -2/-3 through Gulf War one, and did many a phone patch and
MARS-gram from out of the battle area using a 150 ft wire.  Currently I have
a 35 ft fiberglass vertical and a -3 as my emergency/bugout system along
with a 706.

It is a fine system in my opinion.  The DB purists will tell you it isn't
perfect.  Well of course not!  But it will get you on the air quickly from a
number of places using a fence, or a metal clothesline, or whatever you
have.

In the end, isn't that what it is all about.

$230 is a good price - you can probably get that back on one of the E-places
if you decide you don't want it.

Mike.  KD9KC
El Paso, TX.