[NJARC] Help with antenna tuner

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John,
 In the case of the globe AT3, It is designed for a coaxial transmission line only. There is a grounding stud, but that is for tying with the rest of the equipment, not as a counterpoise.
Marty

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From: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com> 

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> Hi Joe and Marty, 
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> I assume this thing is similar to the Heath AT-1, as John Dilks suggested? 
> 
> What amuses me is how these tuners (the AT-1's at least, I've never seen the 
> Globe version) were supposed to be used to tune a novice-grade trasmitter to a 
> random-length long wire. And YET, almost every one I've seen has the ceramic 
> post replaced by an SO-239 socket. Doesn't make sense to me. 
> 
> We're ALL cut from that cloth -- ALL radio collectors are cheap! ;-) 
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> (Unless they see something they REALLY can't live without....) 
> 
> JR 
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> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, JOE CRO wrote: 
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> > From: JOE CRO 
> > Subject: Re: [NJARC] Help with antenna tuner 
> > To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" 
> > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 12:19 AM 
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