[ICOM] Advice on AH4 tuner

[Mel Martin]

If you need frequency agility... it might be a good idea... but a simple
random wire tuner will do a better job (lower loss) for far less money...
and it would be smaller and lighter too.

----- Original Message -----
From: "D & M Pendergast" <d_and_mpendergast at bigpond.com>
To: "Icom reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:00
Subject: [ICOM] Advice on AH4 tuner


> Hello all,
>
> I posted a question recently about using the AH4 on 160m.
> On a more general note, I am considering the purchase of an AH4 to use
with
> my 706.  I don't know a lot about them.  Can some of you whom have
something
> to say either good or bad give me some opinions on this tuner please.
>
> I am primarily going to use it for portable field work to match a random
> length vertical with a radial wire system.  This portable equipment will
be
> set up wherever there is room etc and of course, no two situations will
ever
> be the same.
>
> As to what use it finds around the home station remains to be seen.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Des - VK3DMP.
>
>
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