My take is to bring the balanced line all the way inside to the tuner.
There is certainly no harm in that. At the tuner output use a 1:1 current
balun between the tuner and the balanced line. A short piece of RG-213
between the tuner and the balun. And then a common mode choke on the input
of the tuner between the tuner and the amp/transceiver output. The fact the
tuner locks up is an indicator of circulating currents. The common mode
choke should help in this regard.
Another thought is to add 10 ft or so to the balanced line or maybe shorten
the balanced line 10 ft or so. The ~ 100 ft of line is acting like some
odd wavelength matching line for some bands.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards" <jrichards@k8jhr.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Zepp?
Should he be using a balun AND a remote tuner?
I removed the balun and replaced it with a remote tuner.
------------------------- K8JHR ------------------------------------
On 9/13/2014 2:01 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
One strange misbehavior I have found that my MFJ 929 auto tuner lockup
if placed near the 4:1 balun (i.e. using a 2 ft jumper of RG213).
requiring power to be cycled to regain its brain.
An auto tuner that gets locked up when exposed to RF??? Oh it's MFJ.
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