Find an old Johnson Matchbox. They're not autotune, but it's simple to
tune them and they're designed for balanced loads.
Larry W4LK
On 07/13/2011 01:55 PM, Edward Sylvester wrote:
> I have a 130' Ladder Line-fed Dipole up 70' (600 ohm). I feed it through a
> nice Palstar Auto Tuner with 4:1 Balun. All my other antennas are
> coaxial-fed and near resonance. My amp and rig have a built-in tuners anyway,
> so tuning them is not a problem.
>
> Since I only use this tuner for the ladderline-fed dipole, how much of an
> advanatge might I see if I were to go with a "Balanced Tuner?" I know the
> 4:1 balun on the present tuner gets somewhat hot/lossy, but am I likely to
> notice the difference if I switch?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed NI6S
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