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Re: [TenTec] balanced antenna tuner ( or how to do things on the cheap -

To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] balanced antenna tuner ( or how to do things on the cheap - tribute to Geoff's drive for cost effect
From: "DC" <daclark56@hotmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:49:22 -0400
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One more piece of no help advice there, done that, been there without any 
positive outcome, guess I'll just block it from coming in!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "STEVEN KLINE" <skline4@verizon.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] balanced antenna tuner ( or how to do things on the 
cheap - tribute to Geoff's drive for cost effect


> DC - Good grief OM, you got my attention for a few minutes.  By the time
> you get this message at least several, if not a multitude, will have
> told you how to end your subscription to the reflector, I suspect.  YOU
> have to personally take the initiative and terminate it YOURSELF.  It
> takes no more time or technical difficulty to un-subscribe as it did to
> subscribe, or maybe you are looking for someone to do it for you - WON'T
> HAPPEN.  No-one else can do it for you.  In case you still can't locate
> the url to un-subscribe (located at the bottom of each reflector
> message), I pasted it after these comments, as it looks like it was
> snipped off of ALL the ones you forwarded.
>
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>> tentec-request@contesting.com
>
> Please do something, so those of us who enjoy the knowledge and
> communication on the reflector don't have to clean up all of this
> garbage.
> READ! READ! READ! PLEASE?  You went to an awful lot of extra work to
> forward all of your messages hoping to catch Mr. Casto's attention and
> could have completed the un-subscribe yourself in significantly less
> time.
>
> GL OM
>
> Steve - W5JK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of DC
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:30 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] balanced antenna tuner ( or how to do things on
> the cheap - tribute to Geoff's drive for cost effect
>
> Mr Castro seems determined that I continue to get the Ten Tec reflector
> even
> though I have continually requested it be stopped.  Does anyone have any
>
> suggestions to "UNSUBSCRIBE" ?  I get way to many messages to read even
> though they should be batched.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marinus Loewensteijn" <mjloewensteijn@hotmail.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:44 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] balanced antenna tuner ( or how to do things on the
> cheap - tribute to Geoff's drive for cost effect
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
> In your drive for equipment on the cheap I like to draw your attention
> to
> the S-Match as promoted by PA0FRI:
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa0fri/ATU/Smatch/smatcheng.htm
>
> It uses only three components, tunes very easily and can handle both
> balanced as unbalanced antennas. Unfortunately you may have to build a
> different version for 160m than for 10m because minimum capacitance
> values
> do have an impact.
>
> It should be the ideal beginner's project, in particular if I see prices
>
> asked for "commercial" antenna tuners and which often contribute a
> considerable expense towards establishing a station.
>
> By the way - even with the older tentec gear like the Omni-C one does
> not
> need a SWR meter since that is already built in to the rig. (And
> "standalone" SWR meter's  prices are through the roof for such a simple
> piece of equipment)
>
> Enjoy, 73, Marinus, ZL2ML
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